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Book SynopsisThe 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 significa
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables and Figures, pg. xi*Acknowledgments, pg. xv*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1. The Analytic Framework, pg. 10*Introduction, pg. 29*CHAPTER 2. The Romanian Industrial Setting, pg. 33*CHAPTER 3. Romania: Integration of the Economy Above the Level of the Centrala, pg. 59*CHAPTER 4. Romania: Centrale and Enterprises, pg. 88*Introduction, pg. 131*CHAPTER 5. The East German Industrial Setting, pg. 133*CHAPTER 6. East German VVBs, Kombinate, and Enterprises, pg. 171*CHAPTER 7. Conclusions as to the New Economic System, and Modifications since 1970, pg. 210*Introduction, pg. 231*CHAPTER 8. Hungary: Objectives of Decentralized Planning and the Constraints on the System, pg. 234*CHAPTER 9. Hungary: The Reform Mechanisms in Practice, pg. 257*CHAPTER 10. Hungary: Enterprises and the Success of the Reform, pg. 282*Introduction, pg. 319*CHAPTER 11. The Yugoslav Industrial Setting, pg. 323*CHAPTER 12. The Reality of Workers' Management and Enterprise Goals in Yugoslavia, pg. 351*CHAPTER 13. Enterprise Behavior in Yugoslavia, pg. 395*CHAPTER 14. The Managers: Backgrounds, Careers, and Earnings, pg. 433*CHAPTER 15. Conclusion, pg. 466*Index, pg. 495
