Socio-Economic Transformation

ZBIGNIEW NAHORSKI is the Dean of the Computer Science Department, Warsaw School of Information Technology and the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Control and Cybernetics. He co-manages the EURO Working Group MODEST. He is the author of over 150 scholarly papers and four books, as well as the editor of 25 books or special issues of technical journals. JAN W. OWSINSKI is author of more than 150 scientific papers and editor of more than 20 volumes. He works mainly in data analysis methods and their applications in economics and business, as well as in other fields, including decision

• Preface Acknowledgements Contributors Some Remarks on the Study of Transformation Processes; Z.Nahorski, J.W.Owsinski & T.Szapiro PART I: INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION: THE OWNERSHIP PARADIGM An Essay in Modelling of Institutional Change; L.Hurwicz When do Stakes in Restructuring put Restructuring at Stake; P.J.H.Schröder Privatization, Efficiency and Economic Growth; T.Gylfason The Herring Barrel Metaphor and What Next; Jan W. Owsinski PART II: REDISTRIBUTION, GOVERNMENT, AND HUMAN CAPITAL Transition and Stability of Redistribution Policies; J-L.Schneider Fiscal Policy and Transition: the Case of Poland; S.L.Baier & G.Glomm Knowledge Management and the Strategies of Global Business Education: From Knowledge to Wisdom; M.Zeleny Modelling of Labor Market in a Transition Economy; M. Mikhalevich Index