Purpose – The paper investigates the utility of economic theory for post-Communist economic transformation. It serves to explain the main reasons for market reform failure in different post-Communist countries. Design/methodology/approach – A literature review suggests that after the...

Purpose – The Caribbean Island of Cuba, only 90 miles from the US mainland, has remained one of the world's few examples of a centralized communist economy since Fidel Castro overthrew the government in 1959. The country has declined in recent years, most significantly since the fall of Cuba's...

Purpose – This article aims to provide a critical understanding of contextual issues surrounding international business from a political economy of communication perspective. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is based in classical dialectics and proceeds from a Marxian perspective....

Purpose – This paper aims to recall, with specific developments in international relations, how the major powers failed to avoid prolonged political conflict that teetered for a half‐century on the brink of war. Design/methodology/approach – Evocation of developments tending to confirm...