Journal for East European Management Studies

Editorial

Inward Fdi, Skilled Labour, and Product Differentiation in the Ceec

The ratios of spending on R&D, advertising and marketing to sales are employed accordingly as direct determinants of the degree of vertical and horizontal product differentiation. The model is verified with direct regressions and a system of simultaneous regressions combining large firm survey with sector-level data from the UNCTAD for 13 Central and Eastern European countries. The econometric results evince that the increased demand for skilled labour (human capital) was greater than any...

Leadership in Transformation - Between Local Embeddedness and Global Challenges

Based on empirical studies in Romania, Estonia, Germany, and Austria within the GLOBE project, the authors try to answer the question of cultural embeddedness of leadership patterns in an environment of more and more globalised management. Special emphasis is put on the match/mismatch of the observed styles of leadership behaviour of CEO's with regional and global expectations, on the differences and similarities between the examined countries, the influence of transformational settings in th...

Models of Competition Between Firms: The Case of Slovenia's (Post)Transitional Economy

The process of competition between firms can be described as a causal-consecutive sequence. The paper is built on the findings of empirical research based on a sample of 225 Slovenian firms. By using statistical methods we examine which approaches firms use to ensure their competitiveness and, based thereon, offer a judgement on the existence of potential models of competition in a posttransitional Slovenian economy. We conclude that there are four such models. They mainly differ in the sourc...

Labour Relations in Comparative Perspective - Special Focus On the Sme Sector

The evolution of the view and practice of "social partnership" is one basic element in the construction of the European Union. The paper gives an overview on the key actors and institutions of Labour Relations System (LRS) with special focus on the micro- small and medium sized enteprises (SME). In the first section, the author describes the key social partners and institutions of the LRS in the countries participating in an international research project carried out in 2003-2006 and supporte...

Book Reviews

Corporate Governance in Russia

Corporate Governance in Russia, by Daniel J. McCarthy, Sheila M. Puffer, and Stanislav V. Shekshnia, is reviewed.