Following the collapse of planning, new small and medium-sized firms rapidly emerged in all transition economies. Using firm level data, we investigate the interaction between the widespread opportunities for new business activities such firms faced and their business environment. The business...

Governance is very much a current concern in the public interest. The global economic recession, from which we are just emerging, has highlighted failures in governance and regulation with much blame being laid at the feet of regulators and demands for perpetrators to be sanctioned accordingly....

Business organisations : the external environment -- Business organisations : the internal environment -- The global context of business -- The political environment -- The macroeconomic environment -- The demographic, social and cultural context -- The resource context : people, technology and...