Journal for East European Management Studies

Editorial

Supply Chain Quality and Its Managerial Challenges Insights From Ukrainian Agri-Food Business*

This article analyses the effect of the East-European business environment on quality management as a means of operationalising chain management strategies. The particular focus on the Ukrainian agri-food business in combination with fifteen in-depth expert interviews reveals the infancy of chain (quality) management in transition economies. General mechanisms of chain management are primarily installed by foreign enterprises acting as focal companies in their supply chain networks. At the sa...

Gender Difference in the Conative Componet of Entrepreneurial Orientation*

The aim of this paper is to investigate the question of gender difference in the entrepreneurial orientation of managers in the post-transition economy of Slovenia. The concept of intervening variables as parts of the conative components of entrepreneurial orientation is introduced and gender differences are examined between variables. 183 Slovene top and middle managers were analysed in this respect. The results indicate that there are no gender differences in the variable to spot opportunit...

Stakeholder Networks of Foreign Investors in Russia: An Empirical Study Among German Firms*

One important success factor of foreign firms in Russia is the establishment of efficient networks with non-market stakeholders. Stakeholder networks may help foreign firms to obtain relevant information, accelerate administrative decision-making and reduce political risks. The objective of this study is to analyze the stakeholder networks between German investors in Russia and their socio-political interest groups. The study is based on in-depth interviews with the representatives of 3 Germa...

Political Risk for Foreign Firms in the Western Cis - an Analysis On Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine*

This report analyses the political risks of Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine from a foreign firm's point of view. Russia's increasing economic nationalism means increasing investment risk for foreign investors. The political climate in Ukraine is unfavourable to foreign investment but not to the extent that it would prevent or seriously restrict the possibilities of operating in the market. The political risk in Belarus is related to the centralisation of authority over economic policy. I...

News/Information

As the media, scholar community and public in Poland is increasingly curious of how family companies perform on the market, the Department of European Studies and the Department of Entrepreneurship and innovation from the Cracow University of Economics, together with the Entrepreneurship Research and Education Network of Central European Universities organized on Jun 4, 2009, to Jun 5, 2009, the international conference "Entrepreneurship and Growth of Family Firms". The conference was held in...