Legacy and survival. Russian industry's Soviet legacy ; Russia's transition economy -- Case studies of enterprise restructuring. Machinery ; Light industry ; Consumer durables : watches and tires ; Food : bread and meat ; Collapse and recovery : enterprise restructuring post-1998 -- Conclusions and methods. Explaining the propensity to restructure
Summary
This book tells the story of what might have been considered an unlikely source of dynamic change in Russia - formerly state-owned manufacturing enterprises and their managers. Based on interviews conducted over a six-year span with managers at 47 manufacturing, light industry, consumer durable, and food processing firms in four Russian cities, the study documents the real world challenge of turning hidebound, often dysfunctional manufacturing operations into thriving companies. With analytical rigor and theoretical creativity, this work will dispel some common misconceptions about the Russian
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Originally published in 2004 by M.E. Sharpe
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed July 21 2015)
