| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AMSP CR | Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Crafts of the Czech Republic |
| ANI | National Innovation Agency |
| API | Business and Innovation Agency |
| BIC | Business Incubation Centre |
| CCAVs | Clean connected and autonomous vehicles |
| CEE | Central and Eastern Europe |
| CFEs | Company formality centres |
| CICE | Competitiveness and Employment Tax Credit |
| CIT | Corporate income tax |
| ČMZRB | Czech-Moravian Guarantee and Development Bank |
| CoG | Centre of government |
| CRDI | Council for Research, Development, and Innovation |
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
| DESI | Digital Economy and Society Index |
| EC | European Commission |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EPCI | Public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation |
| EPL | Employment Protection Legislation |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| ESIF | European Structural and Investment Funds |
| EU | European Union |
| FAs | Foreign affiliates |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FDIRR | Foreign Direct Investment Regulatory Restrictiveness |
| FUAs | Functional Urban Areas |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GERD | Gross Domestic Expenditure on Research and Development |
| GVA | Gross value added |
| GVCs | Global value chains |
| HEIF | Higher Education Innovation Fund |
| HEIs | Higher Education Institutions |
| IAPMEI | SME Competitiveness Agency |
| ICT | Information and communication technologies |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IP | Intellectual property |
| IPA | Investment Promotion Agency |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification of all economic activities |
| IT | Information technologies |
| JIC | South Moravian Innovation Centre |
| KEF | Knowledge Exchange Framework |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicators |
| LLD | Least developed districts |
| M&E | Monitoring and evaluation |
| MIT | Ministry of Industry and Trade |
| MNEs | Multinational enterprises |
| MoF | Ministry of Finance |
| MRD | Ministry of Regional Development |
| MSMEs | Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises |
| NAP | National Acquisition Platform |
| NCA | National Cluster Association |
| NFIA | Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency |
| NRB | National Development Bank |
| NUTS | European nomenclature of territorial units for statistics |
| OEMs | Original Equipment Manufacturers |
| OPEIC | Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness |
| OPTAC | Operational Programme Technologies and Application for Competitiveness |
| OPRDI | Operational Programme Research and Development for Innovation |
| PAR | Public Administration Reform |
| PMR | Product Market Regulation |
| R&D | Research and development |
| R&D&I | Research, development, and innovation |
| RCA | Revealed comparative advantage |
| RCI | Regional Competitiveness Index |
| RDS21+ | Regional Development Strategy of the Czech Republic 2021+ |
| RIA | Regulatory Impact Assessment |
| RIS3 | National Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation |
| RTA | Revealed Technological Advantage |
| RVO | Netherlands Enterprise Agency |
| SCM | Supply chain management |
| SGI | Sustainable Governance Indicators |
| SMEs | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| SPEs | Special Purpose Entities |
| STRI | Services Trade Restrictiveness Index |
| TACR | Technology Agency of the Czech Republic |
| TL | Territorial Level |
| TRIPS | Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property |
| UJEP | University of Jan Evangelista in Ústí nad Labem |
| UniCRE | Unipetrol Centre for Research and Education |
| VAMs | Voluntary Associations of Municipalities |
| VC | Venture capital |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |
Strengthening FDI and SME Linkages in Czechia
