JEEMS Journal of East European Management Studies

This commentary aims to discuss some features of industrial relations development in the post-communist Czech Republic. The forming of new institutions will be considered, and legal frameworks, as well as the historical, cultural, political, and...

This article considers the impact of the ownership form on the formation of an organizational strategy by the main organizational actors. The following questions are discussed: Are there quick structural and strategic changes in the enterpise after...

This article compares the reform policies persued in Poland and the Czech Republic since 1990. The different results of the system transformation - ‘economic growth’ in the case of Poland and ‘macroeconomic stability’ in the case of Czechia...

During the privatization in the „Neue Bundesländer“ the instrument of management-buy-outs was among others employed. As an analysis of the dominant motives for management-buy-outs showed, the East German management buy outs are motivated mainly...

This paper explores managerial characteristics of young Bulgarian and U.S. managers by identifying differences between the two samples in terms of risk taking, reliance on others, leadership style, use of intelligence and co-operation. A number of...

Establishing of new small businesses is an intensive process in the whole of Eastern Europe. As they are new, most of them are in the introductory phases of their existence (survival, consolidation and control). Contemporary industrial and market...

This article provides a critical review of the Socialist Management System with a profile of management practices in the centrally planned economies in Eastern Europe. It draws on the work by Kornai and Chavance, exploring the economic reforms in...

Many takeovers and mergers are not successful, over half fail. Specific after sale integration problems arising from a lack of workforce integration can cause failure. The continued long term success of firms is postulated as requiring a type of...

This case was prepared by Pavla Kruzela, (School of Economics and Management in Lund, Sweden) and Jaroslaw Bogusz (Department of Business Management, University of Lodz, Poland). The study is part of a Swedish - Polish cooperation project (SPIME)...