Marketization and globalization in China may stimulate industrial clustering, while decentralization may lead to protectionism and industrial dispersion. This paper examines industrial distribution in China during 1980-2003. While Chinese industries have been increasingly concentrated...

The paper analyses the 20-year experience with transition in the SEE countries in a comparative framework, illustrating how these countries encountered difficulties in its implementation, despite having some of the best starting conditions in 1989 to implement a swift transition to a market...

The primary objective of this study focuses on perceived values of entrepreneurship and creativity in business conducted within a turbulent environment. Our initial hypothesis is that a typical entrepreneurial process carries with it “creativity-enabling elements.” In a normal situation,...

In spite of the fact that enterprise systems have become essential in modern organizations, there is a scarcity of research on this topic in the context of transition economies, defined as countries that are in the process of moving or have recently moved from a centrally planned economic system...

The main purpose of this study is to explore the determinants of information and communication technology (ICT) implementation and use in organizations in transition economies. The study is based on research conducted among 129 enterprise system (ES) adopters in Poland, an example of a...

The formation of a market economy is a very complex issue due to the transformation and change of the system that has developed over many decades. The problem of an economy in transition is an important issue in the modern reality of many countries and the world economy in general. The renewed...

The results of investigation into similarities and differences between problems of enterprise system (ES) implementation in transition and developed economies are presented. In doing so, the research builds on the opinions of ES practitioners from Poland, a transition economy from Central and...

As a result of the program of social, political, and economic reforms called doi moi" (meaning renovation) implemented by the Communist Party in 1986, market forces have been allowed to operate in Vietnam subject to state supervision. The centerpiece of doi moi has been to attract foreign...

Drawing on the recent literature on economic institutions and the origins of economic development, the authors offer a political economy explanation of why institution building has varied so much across transition economies. They identify dependence on natural resources and the historical...