Austria Country Analysis: 2013-2018 An Evaluation of Political, Social, Economic, and Business Risk,

Austria is a landlocked country located in Central Europe, bordering countries such as Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, Slovenia, and Italy. The Austrian economy was affected by the global financial crisis in 2009, and the growth of the economy slowed significantly. The Austrian economy grew in 2011 and the country achieved significant

growth due to its economic reforms, currency appreciation, and huge inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI). The Austrian economy is expected to reach $427.1 billion by 2018.

Lucintel, a leading global management consulting and market research firm, has conducted a risk analysis on Austria and presents its findings in “Austria Country Analysis 2013-2018: An Evaluation of Political, Social, Economic, and Business Risks”. This study provides an overview of the political, economical, social, technological, and business risks associated with the country. The study includes a forecast of GDP for the next five years.

Lucintel discusses the various challenges that Austria faced in the last decade. Austria faces a high sovereign debt situation; however, the external debt of the country is more than 50% of the GDP. If that debt continues to increase, Austria could very likely face a crisis that will have a longer impact on the economy of the country.

Lucintel’s study encompasses the nation’s major economic drivers. High per capita income is the key factor powering Austria’s economy. Higher per capita income is leading the strong domestic demand, especially for consumer durable goods, finance, insurance, food, and accommodation services. The service sector is also another key driver and contributed to nearly 70% in GDP in 2012. Industries such as business services, financial, insurance, and accommodation are driving the growth.

Austria country analysis report highlights various aspects of the country including location, economic performance, quarterly trend, sectoral contribution, FDI by industry, trend of population, per capita income, trend of inflation, balance of payment, budget deficit, trade structure, foreign exchange reserve and exchange rates, R&D expenditure, and more. This report will save hundreds of hours of your own personal research time and will significantly benefit you in expanding your business in this market. In today’s stringent economy, you need every advantage that you can find.

To make business, investment, and strategic decisions, you need timely, useful information. Austria country analysis market report fulfills this core need and is an indispensable reference guide for multinational materials suppliers, product manufacturers, investors, executives, distributors, and many more that operate in this market.

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Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary    

2. Country Overview    

3. Austria’s Economic Performance    
3.1: GDP Growth rate and sectoral contribution to GDP    
3.2: Consumption, saving, and investment trends    
3.3: Foreign direct investment (FDI) by industry    

4. Political and Social Risk Analysis of Austria    
4.1: Structure and stability of government    
4.2: Government policy agenda    
4.2.1: Policy agenda    
4.3: Risk in international relations    
4.4: Social risk analysis    
4.4.1: Social development index risk analysis    
4.4.2: Labor market
    
5. Economic Risk of Austria    
5.1: Risk in financial sector    
5.1.1: Risk in fiscal balance    
5.1.2: Risk in current account balance
5.1.3: Risk in balance of payment (BOP)    
5.2: Risk in external sector        
5.2.1: External debt and default risk
5.2.2: International trade and its contribution to GDP
5.3.2: Risk in foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate        
5.3: Risk in real sector    
5.4: Economic factors impact on business    
    
6. Business Risk of Austria    
6.1: Business risk    
6.2: Doing business in Austria 2013    
6.3: Credit rating of countries    
6.4: R&D expenditure and technological risk    
6.5: Business risk factors and its impact    

7. Emerging Risk in Austria    
 

List of Figures

Chapter 2. Country Snapshot / Overview
Figure 2.1: Geographical location of Austria

Chapter 3. Austria’s Economic Performance
Figure 3.1: Trend of real GDP growth rate
Figure 3.2: Forecast of real GDP growth rate
Figure 3.3: GDP sectoral contribution
Figure 3.4: Share of different sectors to GDP
Figure 3.5: Quarterly trend of index of industrial production and GDP growth rate
Figure 3.6: Annual trend of index of industrial production and GDP growth rate
Figure 3.7: Trend of consumption expenditure as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.8: Trend of savings and investments as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.9: Foreign direct investment by industry

Chapter 4. Political and Social Risk Analysis of Austria
Figure 4.1: Trend of population and population growth rate
Figure 4.2: Population age structure
Figure 4.3: Trend of per capita income
Figure 4.4: Trend of unemployment rate in Austria

Chapter 5. Economic Risk of Austria
Figure 5.1: Global financial stability scenario
Figure 5.2: Trend of government revenue and expenditure as percent of GDP
Figure 5.3: Trend of fiscal balance as percentage of GDP
Figure 5.4: Trend of current account balance and share in GDP
Figure 5.5: Terms of trade for Austria
Figure 5.6: Trend of balance of payment
Figure 5.7: Trend of debt as percentage of GDP
Figure 5.8: Trend of gross government debt position of Austria
Figure 5.9: Mixed prospects of debts in Austria
Figure 5.10: Austria’s international trade structure
Figure 5.11: Exports and imports as Percentage of GDP
Figure 5.12: Trend of foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate
Figure 5.13: Quarterly trend of inflation and interest rate
Figure 5.14: Annual trend of inflation and interest rate

Chapter 6. Business Risk of Austria
Figure 6.1: Trend of R&D expenditure in Austria

Chapter 7. Emerging Risk in Austria
Figure 7.1: Trend of corruption perception index of Austria
Figure 7.2: Gross government debt as% of GDP



List of Tables

Chapter 2. Country Snapshot / Overview
Table 2.1: Demographic and political overview

Chapter 4. Political and Social Risk Analysis of Austria
Table 4.1: Homicide Rate of Austria
Table 4.2: GINI Index of Austria
Table 4.3: Corruption perception index

Chapter 5. Economic Risk of Austria
Table 5.1 Economic factors and its impact on business

Chapter 6. Business Risk of Austria
Table 6.1: Indicators for starting business
Table 6.2: Ranking in 2013 for procedures of starting a business
Table 6.3: Credit rating of countries by Moody, Fitch, and S&P
Table 6.4: Business risk factors and its impact on business

Lucintel has been closely tracking and conducting research on and for the composites, since 1998. Lucintel has also forayed in economics and other verticals such as industry analysis and company profiles. This research project was designed for the purposes of determining the evaluation of political, social, economic, and business risk opportunities in Austria. In order to ensure fairness with our analysis, we compared several factors to align the current performance and, more importantly, the future prospects.

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