| ACEA | European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association |
| AoA | Academy of Arts |
| BERD | Business Enterprise Research and Development |
| CEIP | Council for Export and Investment Promotion |
| CIM | Inter-municipal communities |
| CoG | Centre of Government |
| CSTI | Council for Science, Technology and Innovation |
| DESI | European Commission’s Digital Economy and Society Index |
| DTF | Distance to frontier score |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECEI | European Cluster Excellence Initiative |
| EDF | US Steel Economic Development Centre |
| ERDF | European Regional Development Fund |
| ESCA | European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis |
| ESIF | European Structural and Investment Funds |
| EU | European Union |
| FAs | Foreign affiliates |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GFCF | Gross fixed capital formation |
| GVCs | Global value chains |
| HEIs | Higher education institutions |
| HRST | Human resources in science and technology |
| ICT | Information and communication technologies |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification of all economic activities |
| IP | Intellectual property |
| IPA | Investment promotion agency |
| IPEEK | Ipel Energy Enviromental Cluster |
| IPO | Industrial Property Office |
| IT | Information technologies |
| IÚT | Regional integrated territorial strategy |
| JEREMIE | Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises |
| JMO | Joint municipal offices |
| LDD | Least Developed Districts |
| MBU | Matej Bel University |
| M&A | Mergers and acquisitions |
| MESRS | Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport |
| MHSR | Ministry of Economy |
| MIRRI | Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation |
| MNEs | Multinational enterprises |
| MoF | Ministry of Finance |
| MSMEs | Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises |
| MZV | Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NBC | National Business Centres |
| NEET | Not in education, employment or training |
| NPC | National Productivity Council |
| NUTS | European nomenclature of territorial units for statistics |
| OPII | Operational Programme Integrated Infrastructure |
| OP R&I | Operational Programme Research and Innovation |
| PCT | Patent Co-operation Treaty |
| RA | Research Agency |
| RCI | European Regional Competitiveness Index |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RIA | Regulatory impact assessment |
| RIS3 | Smart Specialisation Strategy |
| SARIO | Slovak Agency for Investment and Trade |
| SAS | Slovak Academy of Science |
| SBA | Slovak Business Agency |
| SCCI | Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| SCTI | Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| S&T | Science and technology |
| SIEA | Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency |
| SMEs | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| SOPK | Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| SPEs | Special Purpose Entities |
| SRDA | Slovak Research and Development Agency |
| SWOT | Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis |
| TUKE | Technical University of Košice |
| TUZVO | Technical University in Zvolen |
| UFVL | University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy |
| UPJŠ | Pavol Jozef Šafárik University |
| WB | World Bank |
Strengthening FDI and SME Linkages in the Slovak Republic
