This reference volume for policymakers, educators, investors, and researchers provides a much needed and timely survey of the transitioning markets of post-Communist Europe. This stimulating resource examines the historical, sociocultural, and economic impacts of market transition. The text includes a discussion of the creation and distribution of wealth in the countries of post-Communist Eastern Europe that will leave you better informed about the dynamics of transitioning economies and the growth of entrepreneurship across Eastern Europe.
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• Foreword (Robert D. Hisrich)
  
• Preface
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• Chapter 1. Introduction
  
• The Context for Entrepreneurship
  
• Methodology
  
• The Formal Economy: The Firm-Type Sector and the Bazaar
  
• The Parallel Economy: Informal, Internal, and Covert
  
• Chapter 2. Land of the Perseritje Model
  
• The Republic of Albania
  
• Chapter 3. The Former Yugoslav Republics
  
• Pluralism and the Yugopluralist Model
  
• An Introduction to Yugoslavia
  
• The Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina
  
• The Republic of Croatia
  
• The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
  
• The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
  
• The Republic of Slovenia
  
• Chapter 4. The East Bloc of Comecon
  
• The Republic of Bulgaria
  
• The Czech Republic
  
• The German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
  
• The Republic of Hungary
  
• The Republic of Poland
  
• The Republic of Romania
  
• The Slovak Republic (Slovakia)
  
• Chapter 5. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
  
• The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Perestroika
  
• The Republic of Belarus (White Russia)
  
• The Republic of Moldova
  
• The Russian Federation
  
• The Ukraine (Little Russia)
  
• Chapter 6. The Baltic States
  
• The Republic of Estonia
  
• The Republic of Latvia
  
• The Republic of Lithuania
  
• Chapter 7. Toward the Future
  
• Implications for Policymakers
  
• Implications for Educators
  
• Implications for Western Managers and Investors
  
• Toward Future Research
  
• Toward the Future
  
• References
  
• Index