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 Cracow, at the campus of Cracow University of Economics. Almost 40 scholars from 20 countries took part in this interesting event. Separately, The Workshop on "Women and Entrepreneurship" was held in Chisinau, the Republic of Moldova, on Sep 30, 2009 to Oct 2, 2009. It was jointly organized by the ...
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Recent years have witnessed increasing state involvement in the Russian enterprise sector, which has been met with contradictory reactions from investors. In the current article, we discuss the development of privatisation and corporate governance in Russia in comparison to other CIS. We provide three company cases with subsequent discussion on ownership, control, and corporate governance in Russia, given the increasing state leverage in the country's industrial sector. Aimed at facilitating discussion among policy makers, investors, and academics alike, we finally offer an insight into strategic dimensions of the Russian enterprise sector by developing a matrix of strategic government policies within the Russian industry.
... Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) assessment in 1996 categorises most of the Centra...the state tries to secure the jobs that these industries provide. Others believe that...