LEADER 04600nam 22006855 450 001 9910745586103321 005 20230927142948.0 010 $a3-031-37050-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-37050-2 035 $a(CKB)5840000000405811 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30882851 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30882851 035 $a(OCoLC)1409682915 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-37050-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)995840000000405811 100 $a20230927d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRoadblocks to the Socialist Modernization Path and Transition $eEvidence from East Germany and Poland /$fedited by Jutta Günther, Dagmara Jaje?niak-Quast, Udo Ludwig, Hans-Jürgen Wagener 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 331 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aStudies in Economic Transition,$x2662-6683 311 0 $a3-031-37049-X 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. From East to West: Modernization efforts in the northern and western regions of Poland (1944-1989) -- 3. The importance of technical progress for economic growth in the GDR -- 4. Inefficiency and intransparency in East German foreign trade -- 5. Historical Legacies of Regional Innovation Activity -- 6. Catching-up modernization: Synthetic fibre in the GDR and Poland -- 7. The re-allocation of entrepreneurial talent over the course of radical institutional change ? an institutional perspective -- 8. When backwardness became an advantage: Stays abroad as birth assist in Polish transformation -- 9. Transfer of knowledge from the outside or self-learning? Key success criteria for setting-up enterprises in East Germany and Poland after 1989 -- 10. GDR?s researchers catching up on their inclusion in international scientific communities -- 11. After 1989: Socialist elites and post-socialist transformations. 330 $aThis open access book examines how different economic systems impacted the development of East Germany and Poland. Through comparing these countries while they were centrally planned socialist economies with the periods when they transitioned to capitalism, the inability of socialist economies to modernize effectively and produce sustained economic growth is highlighted. Particular attention is given the role of technological progress in economic growth, peculiar institutions, the creation and transfer of knowledge, and post-socialist transformations. The book presents a detailed analysis of the barriers to modernization and growth implied by Soviet-type state socialism and the differences and similarities between the transition of East Germany and Poland to capitalist market economies. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in comparative systems and the political economy. Jutta Günther is Professor of Economics at the University of Bremen. Dagmara Jaje?niak-Quast is Professor of Economics at the European University Viadrina. Udo Ludwig is a Researcher at the Halle Institute for Economic Research and an Emeritus Honorary Professor at Leipzig University. Hans-Jürgen Wagener is an Emeritus Professor at the European University Viadrina. 410 0$aStudies in Economic Transition,$x2662-6683 606 $aEconomics 606 $aMicroeconomics 606 $aEurope$xEconomic integration 606 $aEvolutionary economics 606 $aInstitutional economics 606 $aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems 606 $aMarket Structure and Economic Design 606 $aEuropean Economic Integration 606 $aInstitutional and Evolutionary Economics 615 0$aEconomics. 615 0$aMicroeconomics. 615 0$aEurope$xEconomic integration. 615 0$aEvolutionary economics. 615 0$aInstitutional economics. 615 14$aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems. 615 24$aMarket Structure and Economic Design. 615 24$aEuropean Economic Integration. 615 24$aInstitutional and Evolutionary Economics. 676 $a338.9431 700 $aGünther$b Jutta$01433420 701 $aJaje?niak-Quast$b Dagmara$01433421 701 $aLudwig$b Udo$01433422 701 $aWagener$b Hans-Jürgen$01175859 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910745586103321 996 $aRoadblocks to the Socialist Modernization Path and Transition$93581317 997 $aUNINA