The paper explores the role of alliances in central European countries from the perspective of growth of enterprises. The analysis is based on a comparative overview of 26 cases studies of enterprises in Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary which have alliances with foreign partners. Most of the...

What is the role of alliances in the growth of Russian enterprises? Who is in control in alliances, i.e. are they shared alliances or is one party dominant? How do the various resources (technology, finance and market access) shape the dynamics of alliances? This paper tries to answer on these...

In Russia, the problem of corporate governance has become a frequent subject fordiscussion. Stories now abound about questionable corporate governance practices, suchas share dilution, asset stripping, transfer pricing, complex ownership structures, limitingshareholders from attending the...

The paper discusses Polish privatisation from the industrial relations point of view. Itfocuses on the role of trade unions and workers councils in the privatisation process.Two polar privatisation blueprints are identified: those aiming at competitive ‘atomistic’firms and those, which...

Economists have difficulties to conceptualise and model the relationship betweenmacroeconomic policy and industry change. This paper explores the relationshipsbetween industry cost structures and macroeconomic regimes in central and eastEuropean countries (CEECs). It finds that the cost...

The paper analyses results of GUS innovation survey in manufacturing for 1998-2000and innovation survey in services for 1997-1999. Innovation activities in 1998-2000reflect downturn in Polish economy of this period. A number of innovative enterprisesfell from 37.6% (1994-96) to 16.9%...

Using the RLMS, this paper re-examines the nature of the gender wage gap in Russia between1994 and 1998 taking into account the pervasiveness of Russia’s non-payment institutions. Investigatingdiscrimination ‘bands’ at different sections of the income distribution and for various important...

This paper offers analysis of corporate governance issues behind the stock market performance(stock returns and activity) in nine Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries: the CzechRepublic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Overthe period June 1994...

This paper analyses the emergence of central Europe as a new location for the productionof electronics. The main factors that drive integration in the region into global productionnetworks are also analysed, as well as prospects for upgrading the industry by using networkalignment...

This paper aims at understanding the impact of industrial networks with foreign and otherdomestic organizations on industrial upgrading of the clothing companies in Poland andRomania over the past decade. The research presented in this paper is based oninterviews carried out in ten large...