Articles Václav Žďárek, Jaromír Šindel, Centre for Economic Studies, University of Economics and Management, nám. I. P. Pavlova 3, CZ – 120 00 Praha 2 (vaclav.zdarek@vsem.cz, jara.sindel@centrum.cz) REAL AND NOMINAL CONVERGENCE AND THE NEW EU MEMBER STATES – ACTUAL STATE AND IMPLICATIONS [full text (PDF)] Jiří Večerník, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic (jiri.vecernik@soc.cas.cz) THE CZECH LABOUR MARKET: HISTORICAL, STRUCTURAL AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES [full text (PDF)] Yusaf Akbar, School of Business, Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester, NH 03106 (y.akbar@snhu.edu); Sonia Ferencikova, Department of International Business, University of Economics, Dolnozemska 1, SK – 852 35 Bratislava (ferencik@dec.euba.sk). INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERING AND GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: ROLE OF MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES IN INDUSTRIAL UPGRADING [full text (PDF)] Wadim Strielkowski, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway, Republic of Ireland (w.strielkowski@nuigalway.ie) and Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Opletalova 26, CZ – 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic (strielkowski@centrum.cz) A LIVING WORTH LEAVING? ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND MIGRATION FLOWS: THE CASE OF CZECHOSLOVAK LABOUR MIGRATION [full text (PDF)]