Journal for East European Management Studies

Editorial

Assessing the Rationale in Strategic Alliances - Gazprom's Expansion Into the Finnish Natural Gas Market

The paper presents a hybrid model for the consideration of organisational governance forms in industrial relationships, which is then utilised in the analysis of a specific case concerning Russian Gazprom's operations in Finland as the sole supplier of natural gas to the Finnish market. Such considerations regarding foreign involvement in strategic industries from a national point of view are of vital importance, as Russian energy companies expand their operations in Europe and other parts of...

In Memoriam Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005)

Peter F. Drucker, who was often called the world's most influential business scholar and whose thinking transformed corporate management in the latter half of the 20th century, died Nov 11 at his home in Claremont, California. Drucker was born in Vienna on Nov 19, 1909. He started his career in Economics by working for several German banks and export companies, and, at the same time, as economic journalist for Austrian and German newspapers and international banks in London. Drucker pioneered...

From West-East Knowledge Transfer to Effective Working Relationships: Lessons From Commercial Capital S.A.

In the process of investing and managing in former Soviet-bloc transition countries, Westerners are exposed to important gaps that must be bridged. Over the last fifteen years and partly through trial and error, CC has developed a comprehensive approach for planning, establishing and managing their investments in these countries by linking mission, goals, organizational structure and organizational culture as components of their overall investment strategy.

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Book Reviews

The New Russian Business Leaders

The New Russian Business Leaders, by Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries, Staniskav Shekshnia, S. Konstantin Korotov, Elizabeth Florent-Treacy and Edward Elgar, is reviewed.

Research Note

Reorganising Friesland Hungaria - a Case Study

This teaching case study focuses on the shifting of company strategy from the national to the CEE-regional level. Friesland, a Dutch-owned dairy company in Hungary, was extremely successful in the national context since 1993, but the 2004-enlargement of the European Union initiated a process of regional integration across Central European countries. Management has to face new challenges for company strategy (such as regional expansion) and organisational structures (fitting an existing nation...