A set of 14 case studies of industrial firms in transition in the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, and Poland, being part of a larger World Bank research project entitled "Enterprise Behavior and Economic Reforms: A Comparative Study in Central and Eastern Europe." The studies, which employ a uniform framework, contain a wealth of quantitative and qualitative information on key aspects of company behavior as well as on marketing strategy, financial circumstances, organizational structure, governance, and managerial responses to the profound changes in the economic environment. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
This volume presents cases from a World Bank study of state-owned industrial firms in Poland, Hungary and the Czech and Slovak republics. Topics that are covered include: structure of the industry; history of the firm; and product mix and sales pattern.
