1. Introduction and overview
2. 'Catching up' and innovation systems : implications for Eastern Europe / Chris Freeman
3. knowledge-based economy in Central and Eastern Europe : an overview of key issues / Slavo Radosevic
4. Global production systems and technological catching up : thinking twice about high-tech industries in emerging countries / Martin Srholec
5. output and productivity growth effects of the use of information and communication technologies : the case of Poland / Marcin Piatkowski
6. New economy companies in Central and Eastern Europe : multimedia companies in Romania / Jenny Collyer, Doinita Ariton, Vincent Edwards and Gloria Lee
7. Knowledge accumulation, networks and information and communication technologies : evidence from traditional industries in Central and Eastern Europe / Deniz Eylem Yoruk and Nick von Tunzelmann
8. Barriers to venture capital investment in innovative small and medium enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe : causes and policy implications / Ilian Petkov Iliev
9. Skills for knowledge-based economy in Central Europe / Anna Kaderabkova
10. Access to education and knowledge-based economy in Poland : the regional perspective / Robert Guzik
11. From industrial capitalism to intellectual capitalism : the bumpy road to a knowledge-based economy in Hungary / Andrea Szalavetz
12. Polish economy between transition and knowledge-based growth : from Ricardian success to Schumpeterian decline / Stanislaw Kubielas
13. Key challenges to the development of the knowledge-based economy in Poland / Michal Gorzynski, Malgorzata Jakubiak and Richard Woodward
14. From quantity to quality : critical assessment of Slovenia's potential for knowledge-based growth / Maja Bucar and Metka Stare
15. Knowledge-intensive activities versus high-tech sectors : learning options and traps for Central European policy-makers / Attila Havas
16. need for a new paradigm in policy-making for the knowledge-based economy : stimulating knowledge production in Romania / Radu Gheorghiu and Geomina Turlea
17. Innovation policy for a knowledge-based economy in Central and Eastern Europe : driver of growth or new layer of bureaucracy? / Slavo Radosevic and Alasdair Reid.
