JEEMS Journal of East European Management Studies

In the paper the author analyses the contemporary issues of gaining competitive advantages (CAs) at the firm level. The basic purpose of the paper is to develop theoretical and empirical analysis of non-price (invisible, intangible, non-traditional)...

This paper reports case study research findings on recent employment restructuring practices in the state sector under the transition context of China in the mid-1990s. The research focuses on the drive, process, and outcome of downsizing with...

This paper examines the process whereby the former state-owned enterprises in the Czech Republic have been fragmented and repackaged into privatised and private firms. By studying the process in two local communities, this research enriches the...

With special reference to the steel industry, this article draws upon a political-institutional perspective to examine the progress made in the most recent round of state-enterprise reform in China - the introduction of the Modern Enterprise System...

In recent years, some major industries in transition economies, such as food and beverage, once epitomised industrial supremacy have lost significant market shares to it's foreign competitors, both at home and abroad. Recognising the fact once...

Empirical evidence, especially in case studies, shows that individual leaders often have a crucial role in successful enterprise transformation in transition economies. Conventional economic analysis of corporate governance alone cannot explain this...

This study examines how new concepts affect management in a Hungarian, previously government-owned company. The case-study is analysing how the concepts 'market' and 'market economy' are brought into the company and affect management. There is...

The following article comprises a description and analysis of the situation of the food industry in Bulgaria. On the basis of this areas where there exists a need for support will be identified on the levels of the business, of institutions and of...

Coupled with the continuing threat of reduced defence expenditures and increasing competition, European defence companies have reacted with a number of strategic manoeuvres involving mergers, acquisitions and other forms of alliance. Moves towards a...

This paper reports on the first large-sample survey of management attitudes among over 1,400 Russian mid-level managers and 740 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). We find that while CEOs focus on knowledge of finances, company operations and...

In the past two decades, the relationship between suppliers and customers has undergone a considerable changing process all over the world: both parties place a greater emphasis on the search for synergies in mutual relationships, sincere...

The paper deals with exploring the level of strategic management in Slovak enterprises after nearly 10 years of transformation from centrally planned to the market economy. It evaluates selected parts of strategic management process considering both...

This study is concerned with organisational re-design in former state owned enterprises in Poland as a consequence of the transition to a market economy. The study will examine the context of change in the former COMICON state; the rationale...