Managing in Emerging Market Economies: Cases from the Czech and Slovak Republics

ISBN-13: 9780367007720 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 246 str.

Daniel S Fogel

Opis

Since 1989, east-central Europe has plunged headlong into reform efforts, and firms large and small have been forced almost overnight to adapt to the demands of a market economy. This book of case studies on business development in the Czech and Slovak Republics illustrates how various industries and specific companies are responding to the challen

Spis treści

Preface -- The Economic Situation of Central and Eastern Europe -- Reforming the Economies of Central and Eastern Europe -- Economic and Social Reforms in the Czech and Slovak Republics -- Managerial Behavior and Entrepreneurship -- Transformation Management in Czechoslovakia -- Ferox Manufactured Products and Air Products and Chemicals: A Joint Venture -- Downsizing of Personnel at the Slovakia Steel Company -- Ecofluid -- The Czechoslovak Management Center: Institution Building and Organizational Design -- Privatization and Meeting Market Demands -- Ex-Émigré Entrepreneur Viktor Kožený and the Harvard Group -- Czechoslovak Airlines: Pricing in a Market Environment -- Glavunion: The Privatization Option -- Lusico: In Search of Market Opportunities -- Electro-Products Limited -- Total Quality Management in Czechoslovakia -- Conclusion -- Lessons Learned

O autorze

Daniel S. Fogel is director of the Center for International Enterprise Development, associate dean, and professor of business administration at the University of Pittsburgh.