Small Firms and Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe

Much of the research on transformation/transition in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) focuses on macroeconomic issues (inflation, economic growth, employment ...). Little research has been devoted so far to microeconomic analysis. Recently the issue of new enterprises and firm founders has moved to the centre of economic and policy considerations. Readers of this book will learn about the role played by these firms in the transformation of central and eastern European countries. The book also includes contributions from Central and Eastern Europe on which little or no investigation has been performed until now (Yugoslavia, Romania, Slovakia).

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Western Experience And General Questions.- Small Firms and Entrepreneurship: The Western Experience.- Private Ownership and Markets: Limits to Privatisation in the Transition Process.- Industrial Modernisation in Post-Socialist Economies: Primary Endogenous and Elites Oriented Modernisation as a Socio-Economically Oriented Strategic Concept.- Central And Eastern Europe: Country Studies.- Entrepreneurship and Innovativeness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Poland.- Small Businesses in Russia.- Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Hungary.- Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Yugoslavia: A Driving Force in the Catching-Up Process.- SME Development in the Republic of Slovenia.- Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Romania.- Selected Aspects Of Small Firms Environment And Policy.- Supporting Innovation Through Institution Building in Central and Eastern Europe: Between Visions and Realities.- Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Small Firms: A Case for Technology Centres and Science Parks in the Transition Process?.- Regional Innovation Capacities and Economic Transition: The Example of West Transdanubia.- From Old to New, from Big to Small9 - Transformation of Firm Behaviour in Declining Regions in West and East.- Possible Strategies and Policy Steps for an Innovation Oriented Modernisation.- Summary And Issues For Future Research.- Summary and Outlook.- Contributors.