Most entrepreneurs from North America and western Europe assume that opening up business relationships and contracts in eastern Europe will be a simple process. There is strong consumer demand, willing governments and a sense of desperation in a few cases. Entrepreneurs also assume that the same...

Results of this study highlight the importance of human resource managers and trainers assessing the interpersonal skills and emotional maturity of new recruits and enhancing the interpersonal skills of the existing managerial workforce. The entrepreneurial style of the branch manager is...

Although the development of a new private sector is generally considered crucial to economic transition, there has been rather little empirical research on the determinants of startup firm growth. This paper uses panel data techniques to analyze a survey of 297 new small enterprises in Romania...