How the East was won : the impact of multinational companies on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / Charles Paul Lewis.
Material type: TextPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: xi, 222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1403902674
- 9781403902672
- Impact of multinational companies on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
- International business enterprises -- Europe, Eastern
- Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern
- International business enterprises -- Former Soviet republics
- Post-communism -- Former Soviet republics
- Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- Former Soviet republics -- Economic conditions
- Former Soviet republics -- Politics and government
- 330.947 22
- HD2844.7 .L48 2005
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 330.947 LEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A291576B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-217) and index.
Introduction : the post-communist transition : a corporate view -- Chronology of key events 1989-2004 : East-Central Europe and the Baltic states, the Balkan states and commonwealth of independent states -- 1. Labour of love : the new generation -- 2. Working life : unions, layoffs and training -- 3. Community care : company towns, corporate charity and environmental protection -- 4. The rebirth of industry : finance, phones and cars -- 5. Whose consumer culture? -- 6. The economy : shock therapy and creative destruction -- 7. The good, the bad and the ugly : reform, privatisation and corruption -- 8. Conclusions : the road ahead.
"MNC's have not received a good press in recent years. This book attempts to redress the balance of the argument by showing the extraordinary and positive impact of MNC's in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet union during the transition to free market capitalism. The book also attempts to answer why the impact of MNC's in Eastern Europe should be different to the less commendable experience in Africa and Latin America, and whether MNC's reinforce the power of corrupt rulers. In concluding that MNC's are not necessarily the enemy of development but can be instrumental to progress, the book draws on lessons from 21 East European transition countries to show how the economic power of MNC's can be harnessed elsewhere in the developing world."--Publisher description.
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