Cross-Border Activities in Business

Abstract

The most important aim of the study is the exploration of the Slovak–Hungarian cross- border interactions of economic actors. Out of the cross-border regional differences and the economic development based on the foreign direct investments, the opportunity of &m' s establishment in the neighbour countries is also a subject of the analysis. The authors study the measure and deepness of the cooperation between institutional-economic actors, and try to find the extent of the integration process among the two sides of the border region. Finally the study enlightens that the continuous growth of the investments reflects on the vivification of the economic movements, of which are intensified by the institutional- and corporate-level developments. EU membership in 2004 was a significant milestone in cross-border coopera- tion, while the accession to Schengen treaty did not brought perceptible changes. In the fu- ture the introduction of the euro, especially the time difference between the two countries regarding to the introduction has serious effects on the integration processes.