European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Academy of Arts
Business Enterprise Research and Development
Council for Export and Investment Promotion
Inter-municipal communities
Centre of Government
Council for Science, Technology and Innovation
European Commission’s Digital Economy and Society Index
Distance to frontier score
European Commission
European Cluster Excellence Initiative
US Steel Economic Development Centre
European Regional Development Fund
European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis
European Structural and Investment Funds
European Union
Foreign affiliates
Foreign direct investment
Gross domestic product
Gross fixed capital formation
Global value chains
Higher education institutions
Human resources in science and technology
Information and communication technologies
International Standard Industrial Classification of all economic activities
Intellectual property
Investment promotion agency
Ipel Energy Enviromental Cluster
Industrial Property Office
Information technologies
Regional integrated territorial strategy
Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises
Joint municipal offices
Least Developed Districts
Matej Bel University
Mergers and acquisitions
Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport
Ministry of Economy
Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation
Multinational enterprises
Ministry of Finance
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
National Business Centres
Not in education, employment or training
National Productivity Council
European nomenclature of territorial units for statistics
Operational Programme Integrated Infrastructure
Operational Programme Research and Innovation
Patent Co-operation Treaty
Research Agency
European Regional Competitiveness Index
Research and development
Regulatory impact assessment
Smart Specialisation Strategy
Slovak Agency for Investment and Trade
Slovak Academy of Science
Slovak Business Agency
Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
Sustainable Development Goals
Science and technology
Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Special Purpose Entities
Slovak Research and Development Agency
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis
Technical University of Košice
Technical University in Zvolen
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University
World Bank