Roderick Martin is a sociologist, with a long tradition of work in employment relations and industrial sociology. He is currently Professor of Management at the Central European University Business School (Budapest, Hungary). Previous books include The Sociology of Power (1977, Routledge and Kegan Paul), New Technology and Industrial Relations in Fleet Street (1981, Oxford University Press), Bargaining Power (1992, Oxford University Press), and Transforming Management in Central and Eastern Europe (1999, Oxford University Press). Peter D. Casson is Senior Lecturer in Accounting at the Un...