title: Koyama, Yoji: TRANSITION, EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
abstract: When one reviews a historical record of any kind, a certain type of stereotype is unavoidable, and that is the local bias. Despite our best efforts, even the most liberal minded among us will, at some point succumb to the temptation to question the validity of the claims or the arguments put forward based on the notion that the sense of belonging entitles the reviewer to a “higher plane” of understanding, one which the “outsider” is meant to reach, thus surely fl aws are forthcoming and it is a 
journal: University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)