This paper summarises results of a survey of 304 knowledge based firms in six centraland east European (CEE) countries. Knowledge-based entrepreneurs in CEE are not‘gazelles’ (i.e., fast growing new technology based firms which have the potential toreshape the industrial landscape). They...

The literature on national systems of innovation (NIS) has neglected the issue ofentrepreneurship because of several incompatibilities between the two notions.The Schumpeterian legacy, the current person-centric view of entrepreneurship,and methodological problems related to treating...

The paper examines the determinants of productivity growth in foreign manufacturing subsidiaries in five Central and East European (CEE) countries by analysing patterns of control, nature of firms’ capabilities and firms’ market orientation. Building on the so called ‘developmental...

Initial ownership structures resulting from the mass privatisation programme were intended as transitional, whereas optimal would be set up gradually and would result from secondary transactions. Therefore, mass privatisation is typically considered successful if secondary transactions lead to...