Enterprise Guidance in Eastern Europe : : A Comparison of Four Socialist Economies / / David Granick.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Granick, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1976
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1478
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (524 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. The Analytic Framework -- Part I. Romania -- Introduction -- 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 -- Introduction -- 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 -- Introduction -- 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) -- Introduction -- 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