Abstract Our study provides evidence for firms’ evaluation of location quality. We use a 2004 survey of 6,000 East German firms that contained questions on the importance and assessment of 15 different location factors ranging from closeness to customers and suppliers, transport...

Th? paper aims to explore the current state of a particular instance of patient activism in Bulgaria through tracing the sociotechnical network architecture of the assisted reproductive technologies. It argues that in the local context this is the patient activism, which could be assessed as...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze four major aspects of the work role and how they influence the expatriate work adjustment in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses a quantitative design. Self‐reported data were collected...

Purpose – Effectively managing the cultural environment is an important stepping stone towards international business success. Cultural problems, especially between partners coming from diametrically different cultural categories represent one of the key challenges of knowledge management in...

This exploratory study examined correlates of value reported by participants from an international management and business development program. Data were collected from 51 managers from the Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union who participated in a six‐week program...

Purpose – This paper aims to show the need for Europe to invest more in health care management training. It should be seen as a catalyst for accelerating the restructuring of the sector. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports on an existing change management program developed and...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to expose librarians, scholars and other interested parties to the numerous films available concerning the 1989 and 1991 European revolutions. The films that are discussed can potentially be used as ancillary sources that will lead to a more in-depth...

Marketing policy concerns have been receiving increasing attention from Socialist policy makers within the last two decades, often as central components of overall reform efforts. Normative frameworks underlying Socialist marketing policy, as well as its equity and efficiency components are...

East Europeans are asking for know‐how, particularly marketing know‐how. At this moment in time, do we have confidence in our understanding of the role of marketing in both its micro and macro dimensions? Has what we have defined as the marketing concept relevance to economies in transition,...

Describes research carried out on the financial performance and operational management of UK subsidiaries of parent organizations based in Eastern Europe and the former USSR. Summarizes earlier research when the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe were planned economies, before discussing a recent...