Privatisation in Central and Eastern Europe was introduced to encourage competition in companies with subsequent beneficial effects on company performance and market orientation. Companies have been privatised by four main methods in these countries depending on the company circumstances before...

The Narver and Slater market orientation scale is tested in the context of service firms in the transition economies of central Europe and found to be both valid and reliable. The survey examined levels of market orientation in 205 business to business services companies and 141 consumer...