1. Introduction: re-reading a program for an economic sociology of post-socialism -- 2. Toward capitalism without capitalists -- 2.1. A reminder of Soviet factory regime -- 2.2. The failure of 'market socialism': micro-outcomes of a macro-event -- 2.3. Privatization, marketization and...

"We study the characteristics and abilities of CEO candidates for companies involved in buyout (LBO) and venture capital (VC) transactions and relate them to hiring decisions, investment decisions, and company performance. Candidates are assessed on more than thirty individual abilities. The...