Industrial Transformation in Europe

Process and Contexts

Inbunden, Engelska, 1995

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Beskrivning

This volume is essential reading for all those interested in emergent developments in Europe. At a time when the forces of globalization are demanding industrial and organizational transformations throughout industrialized and industrializing nations, the book also makes a notable contribution through its unique analysis of the complexities, diversities and socio-political embeddedness of such major change.

Focusing particularly on central and eastern Europe, the contributors examine the economic management activities of state agencies in the move from command to market economies and the attempted creation of viable firms for such economies. They look at the changing roles of different interest groups and the various forms of corporatism which are emerging. They also explore various aspects of the restructuring of work systems, including the building of new forms of labour relations in post-socialist Europe. The role of foreign capital and multinationals in shaping host government industrial strategies is addressed, and the ways in which relatively successful industrial regimes can suffer from a lack of flexibility in the face of outside forces are also discussed.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-10-16
Mått:138 x 216 x 22 mm
Vikt:620 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780803974883

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Entreprenörskap inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Richard Whitley is Professor of Organizational Sociology at the Manchester Business School, Manchester University. He is the author of Business Systems in East Asia: Firms, Markets and Societies (Sage, 1992).

Recensioner i media

`The papers in this book make a notable contribution to our understanding of the transformation porblems faced b;y East European economies. They also offer a convicing critique of ht goals and methods pursued by many Western experts who have rushed in to leave their mark on the transformation proces′ - Economic and Industrial Democracy`The range and extent of the empirical material on which these chapters draw is impressive, as are the analyses offered by the contributors. There is no doubt that the book fills a gap in a field where there has been a relative lack of cross-country comparative studies.... The most important point is that the book demonstrates both the significance of institutional legacies and the variety and diversity of transformational processes andtheir contingent nature′ - Europe - Asia Studies

Innehållsförteckning

PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONEurope in Flux - Gert SchmidtChange in East and West Transformation and Change in Europe - Richard WhitleyCritical Themes PART TWO: PATTERNS OF INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION IN EUROPE: INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTSIntroduction - Gert SchmidtThe Elegance of Incoherence - Gernot GrabherEconomic Transformation in East Germany and Hungary From Privatization to Capitalization - Christian von HirschhausenIndustrial Restructuring in Post-Socialist Central and Eastern EuropeContention and Confusion in Industrial Transformation - Jeffrey Henderson, Richard Whitley, Gyorgy Lengyel and Laszlo CzabanDilemmas of State Economic ManagementOrganizing Markets in Central and Eastern Europe - Hugo RadiceCompetition, Governance and the Role of Foreign CapitalPART THREE: REGULATION OF INTERESTS: CONTINUITY AND CHANGEIntroduction - Gert SchmidtLabour Relations in the Making - Eckhard J Dittrich and Michael HaferkemperBulgaria, Hungary, Poland and the Czech RepublicTowards Corporatism? The Transformation of Interest Policy and Interest Regulation in Eastern Europe - Melanie TaturPART FOUR: WORK RESTRUCTURING IN EAST AND WEST: LIMITS AND DIRECTIONSIntroduction - Gert SchmidtSkilled Work in Contemporary Europe - Roger Penn and David SleightholmeA Journey into the DarkThe Region of Baden-W[um]urttemberg - Hans-Joachim Braczyk, Gerd Schienstock and Bernard SteffensenA Post Fordist Success Story?Enterprise Transformation and the Redefinition of Organizational Realities in Poland - Krzysztof Konecki and Jolanta Kulpi[ac]nskaEmployment Relations in Multinational Companies - Csaba Mak[ac]o and P[ac]eter Novosz[ac]athThe Hungarian Case