Enterprise guidance in Eastern Europe : a comparison of four socialist economies / David Granick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Granick, David, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial management--Europe, Eastern--Case studies.

Industrial management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (524 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey ; Guildford, England : Princeton University Press, 1975.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The sixties were a decade of major reform in the guidance of industry in the socialist countries of Eastern Europe. In this comparative study of industrial management, the different directions taken by reform in the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, and Yugoslavia are examined against the pattern shown by Romania, a country in which no significant reform has occurred. The author focuses on the methods used to coordinate enterprises in the early 1970s. The book is the product of a remarkable opportunity: eleven months of interviews in the four countries. Those interviewed were mainly middle and upper managers of enterprises, but also include officials of ministries, planning commissions, banks, trade unions, and national Communist parties. The resulting data made possible new interpretations of enterprise management in Eastern Europe.Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. The Analytic Framework

Part I. Romania

CHAPTER 2. The Romanian Industrial Setting

CHAPTER 3. Romania: Integration of the Economy Above the Level of the Centrala

CHAPTER 4. Romania: Centrale and Enterprises

PART II. The German Democratic Republic

CHAPTER 5. The East German Industrial Setting

CHAPTER 6. East German VVBs, Kombinate, and Enterprises

CHAPTER 7. Conclusions as to the New Economic System, and Modifications since 1970

PART III. Hungary

CHAPTER 8. Hungary: Objectives of Decentralized Planning and the Constraints on the System

CHAPTER 9. Hungary: The Reform Mechanisms in Practice

CHAPTER 10. Hungary: Enterprises and the Success of the Reform

PART IV. Yugoslavia (Slovenia)

CHAPTER 11. The Yugoslav Industrial Setting

CHAPTER 12. The Reality of Workers' Management and Enterprise Goals in Yugoslavia

CHAPTER 13. Enterprise Behavior in Yugoslavia

PART V. Managerial Careers and Earnings and Conclusion

CHAPTER 14. The Managers: Backgrounds, Careers, and Earnings

CHAPTER 15. Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780691617459

0691617457

9781400869190

1400869196

OCLC:

905861908