Most entrepreneurs from North America and western Europe assume that opening up business relationships and contracts in eastern Europe will be a simple process. There is strong consumer demand, willing governments and a sense of desperation in a few cases. Entrepreneurs also assume that the same...

Results of this study highlight the importance of human resource managers and trainers assessing the interpersonal skills and emotional maturity of new recruits and enhancing the interpersonal skills of the existing managerial workforce. The entrepreneurial style of the branch manager is...

This paper analyses the co-operation activities of small Austrian firms with the CEEC and compares them to those of larger firms. Small firms are less likely to engage in cross-border co-operation than larger firms, more likely to co-operate in ownership based forms of co-operation but less...