Swiss study puts domestic market near bottom for competitive development

According to its findings, the country's weakest points are its infrastructure, administrative efficiency and its economic situation. Furthermore, the authors stress that society here does not understand the need for social and economic reforms, that business ethics seem to be unknown, and that managerial staff are poorly trained. However, the country does have the cheapest industrial sector labor costs, while the level of inflation, economic growth and the expansion of domestic companies onto foreign markets are cited as the country's strong points. The country was not mentioned as being among the CEE countries that will most benefit from EU accession. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B1) M.M.