We examine the role of organized labour in the restructuring experience of two coal-mining regions in the 1990s. Under … similar external circumstances, the Czech Republic’s Ostrava region underwent gradual restructuring from early on whereas … Romania’s Jiu Valley region went through no restructuring until 1997 followed by massive layoffs over two years. We conduct a …

This essay deals with the issues of privatisation and restructuring in transition economies. The topics are addressed … resulting ownership form and the expected and actual effect on restructuring behaviour of firms. The essay identifies a slow … progress in privatisation, paired with an overweight of insider owners. Furthermore substantial evidence on slow restructuring …

period and right now the transition process. As three rather distinct socio-economic systems and their impacts on the … devise a coherent, feasible S&T policy and implement it in an efficient – or at least a satisfactory – way in a transition …

implementation for success in transition. Providing a Serbian perspective on PMS implementation, the study aims to identify and … implementation for success in transition. Obstacles for PMS implementation are connected with a misunderstanding of the need for …

important condition for an effective economic policy during the transition period. …

The author develops the concept of 'clan capitalism' that has emerged in Russia during a period of transition. Clan …

This paper uses firm-level survey data to study labor reallocation and firm growth in the transition countries over … comparable surveys of developed market economies. Throughout, the regional patterns suggest greater convergence in the transition … countries that joined the European Union in 2004 than in the other, lower-income transition economies. We also find evidence of …