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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463095503321

Autore

Dana Leo Paul

Titolo

When economies change hands [[electronic resource] ] : a survey of entrepreneurship in the emerging markets of Europe from the Balkans to the Baltic states / / Leo Paul Dana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxfordshire, England, : Routledge, 2011, c2005

ISBN

0-203-04901-2

1-136-40224-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Disciplina

330.94/0559/091717

Soggetti

Privatization - Europe, Eastern

Entrepreneurship - Europe, Eastern

Electronic books.

Europe, Eastern Economic policy 1989- Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; When Economies Change Hands: A Survey of Entrepreneurship in the Emerging Markets of Europe from the Balkans to the Baltic States; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; THE CONTEXT FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP; METHODOLOGY; THE FORMAL ECONOMY: THE FIRM-TYPE SECTOR AND THE BAZAAR; THE PARALLEL ECONOMY: INFORMAL, INTERNAL, AND COVERT; Chapter 2 Land of the Perseritje Model; THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA; Chapter 3 The Former Yugoslav Republics; PLURALISM AND THE YUGOPLURALIST MODEL; AN INTRODUCTION TO YUGOSLAVIA; THE FEDERATION OF BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA

THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIATHE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA (FYROM); THE STATE UNION OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO; THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA; Chapter 4 The East Bloc of COMECON; THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA; THE CZECH REPUBLIC; THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (EAST GERMANY); THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY; THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND; THE REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA; THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC (SLOVAKIA); Chapter 5 The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS); THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS



AND PERESTROIKA; THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS (WHITE RUSSIA); THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA; THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

THE UKRAINE (LITTLE RUSSIA)Chapter 6 The Baltic States; THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA; THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA; THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA; Chapter 7 Toward the Future; IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICYMAKERS; IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATORS; IMPLICATIONS FOR WESTERN MANAGERS AND INVESTORS; TOWARD FUTURE RESEARCH; TOWARD THE FUTURE; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the development of entrepreneurship across Eastern Europe Throughout Eastern Europe, post-Communist countries transitioning to market-based economies are obtaining a variety of results due to diverse policy approaches. When Economies Change Hands evaluates the nature of entrepreneurship in this region, the consequences of central planning, the reasons for internal subsistence activity, and the emergence of the sex trade in Eastern Europe. The wealth of information in this resource is clearly presented and includes thought-provoking policy presc