One challenge in transition economies has been to avoid being caught between overrapid restructuring (harmful to the private sector) and gradual change (can undermine robust private sector emergence). Empirical evidence suggests that in most of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union,...

The restructuring process of formerly state-owned enterprises, including dismissal of excess labor, has been slow. Since the recovery of transition economies depends on the restructured sector, a convincing take-off has been delayed. Many arguments have been forwarded to explain the low...

The paper presents a model of organization-environment co-evolution, which portrays the joint impact of organizational and environmental characteristics on organizational survival. The four organizational characteristics included in the model are: (a) control structure, (b) product strategy, (c)...

The work is a practical examination of fundamental strategic issues confronted by firms competing in newly opened markets. It covers emerging markets in East Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and the new states of the former Soviet Union

Leading sociologists, economists, and political scientists here analyze current changes in Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing on a range of contemporary perspectives (such as evolutionary economics, and network analysis) they question many of the assumptions associated with the notion of...