Business Organizational Structure in the Context of Economic Transformation

2018 ◽  
pp. 99-118
Author(s):  
Pavlína Křibíková ◽  
Michaela Tichá ◽  
Blanka Poczatková
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Performance Monitoring ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
And Performance

After the communist regime collapse in 1989, economy of previous socialistic countries of Central and Eastern Europe was to be transformed. Economic system of Czechoslovakia was changing within 1990s as well, from centrally managed to market oriented system. The change of ownerships and needed restructuring is closely connected with the change of organizational structure of companies, which was changing very slowly within 1990s. The aim of this chapter is to explain the changes of business organizational structure, which follow the economic companies restructuring provided within 1990s. Czech companies went through big change as for ownership structure within 1990s, which was connected with total restructuring. Original managerial structures were not suitable and were too tied with previous style of ineffective management. Now the role of manager moves to the role of businessman and performance monitoring moves to an architect being responsible for design and organizing.

Dilemma of Simultaneity

2019 ◽  
pp. 471-479
Author(s):  
Ilyas Saliba ◽  
Wolfgang Merkel
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Transformation Processes

The theory of the dilemma of simultaneity is empirically based on the transformations of post-socialist states in Central and Eastern Europe. The transformations after the collapse of the socialist bloc were without precedent with regards to breadth and depth. The dilemma of simultaneity consists of three parallel transition processes on three dimensions. The first part of this chapter explores the three dimensions of the transitions: nation building, political transformation, and economic transformation. The second part discusses the three levels of transformation: (1) ethno-national identity and territory, (2) polity, and (3) socio-economic distribution. The third part highlights the complexity and challenges of multidimensional simultaneous transformation processes. The fourth and fifth parts discuss the role of international actors and socio-economic structures on the transitions in Central and Eastern Europe. The chapter concludes with an account of Elster’s and Offe’s critics and their response.

Developing attachments to new political institutions: a multi-level model of attitude formation in post-Communist Europe

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard Loewenberg ◽  
William Mishler ◽  
Howard Sanborn
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
Democratic Regimes ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Level Model ◽  
Multi Level

In America and Western Europe, legislatures preceded democratization and contributed to the establishment and maintenance of democratic regimes in the late 18th and the 19th centuries. In Central and Eastern Europe in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, legislatures and democratic regimes appeared simultaneously. In the first 15 years of post-Communist transitions in 12 countries, attachments to the new regimes have been influenced by their institutional structures, their economic performance, and their records in protecting human freedom, while attachment to the new parliaments have been predominantly influenced by cultural factors related to early life socialization including education, age, gender, social status, and attitudes toward the former communist regime. Attachment to parliament was a product more than a cause of attachment to the new regimes, but the parliamentary system of government created a context that contributed to citizens’ attachment to their new political institutions. In that respect, attitudes toward parliaments in Central and Eastern Europe played a role similar to the role that these attitudes played in an earlier stage of democratization in Europe and North America, the role of attaching citizens to new political institutions.

scholarly journals Twenty Years After The Economic Restructuring Of Eastern Europe: An Economic Review

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Demetrios Giannaros
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Shock Therapy ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Therapy Approach ◽  
The Impact

Twenty years ago, the world witnessed the beginning of one of the most dramatic changes in economic systems. It was the 1989 revolutionary changes in Poland that initiated the collapse of the Soviet-style command economic system of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The economic system transformation that followed did not have any precedent or established theories to rely upon. Thus, some countries opted for a shock therapy approach while most opted for the gradual therapy approach to economic restructuring. This paper reviews the impact of such unprecedented economic transformation and attempts to shed some light on the relative success of such changes and policies -- twenty years after the collapse of the communist regime in Poland that initiated the domino effect of the Eastern European command economies collapse.

Limited Influence? The Role of the Party of European Socialists in Shaping Social Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Holmes ◽  
Simon Lightfoot
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Social Democracy ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
European Norm ◽  
Democratic Parties ◽  
Social Democratic Parties

AbstractThis article looks at the role of the Party of European Socialists (PES) in its attempts to shape social democratic parties in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) towards a West European norm. It discusses how existing views in the academic literature on the role of transnational parties are inadequate. We argue that the PES did not play a key role in encouraging the establishment and development of parties in the CEE states from the 2004 enlargement in the early stages of accession. We contend that the overall influence of party federations has been limited, and that these limitations were as much in evidence before enlargement took place as they were afterwards.

scholarly journals Accountability on Sustainability in Central and Eastern Europe: An Empirical Assessment of Sustainability-Related Assurance

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-52
Author(s):  
Oleh Pasko ◽  
Inna Balla ◽  
Inna Levytska ◽  
Nataliia Semenyshena
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Sustainability Reporting ◽  
Provider Type ◽  
Accountability Standards ◽  
Coding Rules ◽  
A Company ◽  
Big Four

The paper explores how companies from Central and Eastern Europe adopt assurance practices to provide accountability for sustainability. Drawing on modified coding rules from prior research, a conventional content analysis of 36 assurance statements companies from nine countries was conducted. The results imply differences in the content of reports, processes, and implementation of the standards. Exclusively large and multinational enterprises from the energy sectors domiciled in Poland and Hungary are a typical portrait of a company from the study’s sample, striving to issue and assure sustainability reporting. Of the nine countries represented in the study, sustainability assurance statements of companies from Poland, Hungary, and Romania tend to excel in terms of quality. The vast majority of assurance providers belong to the Big Four, who use ISAE3000 as opposed to AA1100AS. Yet, irrespective of the assurance provider type, stakeholders are neglected. It is argued that just transferring the experience of financial auditing to the field of sustainability, which, by and large, has taken place, is not an option. Authors state that following this route, we are heading in the wrong direction, and in technical terms, the wider proliferation of AA1100AS and its principles, with greater emphasis on reasonable assurance as opposed to the limited and enhanced role of stakeholders, are vital to get back on track. The paper contributes to the emerging literature on accountability standards and stresses the need to enhance sustainability-related assurance.

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