Entrepreneurship in CentralEast Europe

1 Changes in Entrepreneurial Structures in CentralEast European Countries.- 1.1 Initial Structural Distortions.- 1.2 Changes in the Structure of the Enterprise Sphere in Hungary.- 1.3 Changes in the Structure of the Enterprise Sphere in Poland.- 1.4 Changes in the Structure of the Enterprise Sphere in the Former CSFR.- 2 Mainstays of the Institutional Framework for Entrepreneurial Activities Established in Individual CentralEast European Countries.- 2.1 The Formation of a Two-Tier Banking System.- 2.2 The Legal and Institutional Framework for the Formation of a Capital Market.- 2.3 Institutional Changes in Foreign Trade of CentralEast European Countries.- 3 The Main Features of the Trade-Political Framework in CentralEast European Countries.- 3.1 The Reasons for the Collapse of COMECON Trade and its Consequences for Enterprises in CentralEast European Countries.- 3.1.1 Special Aspects of Trade Relations between CentralEast and East European Countries.- 3.2 The First Steps Towards Granting CentralEast European Countries Access to Western Markets.- 3.3 Some Trade-Political Aspects of the Association Agreements Concluded between Individual CentralEast European Countries and the EC.- 3.3.1 Principles of Reciprocity and Asymmetry.- 3.4 Possibilities for a New Take-Up of Trade Between the Countries of CentralEast and East Europe.- 3.4.1 The Central European Free Trade Area.- 3.4.2 Financial Aspects of a New Take-Up of CentralEast European Trade.- 4 New Behavioural Patterns Emerging in the Enterprise Sphere of CentralEast European Countries.- 4.1 Changes in Behavioural Patterns in Agriculture and in the Food Processing Industry.- 4.2 Changes in Behavioural Patterns in Manufacturing (other than Food Processing).- 4.2.1 New Behavioural Patterns in the Consumer Goods Industry.- 4.3 Changes in Behavioural Patterns in the Heavy Industry.- 4.4 Changes in Behavioural Patterns in the Service Sector.- 4.4.1 New Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Trade.- 4.4.2 New Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Transport and Tourism.- 4.4.3 Entrepreneurship in the Sphere of Technical and Financial Services.- 5 Entrepreneurial Opportunities in CentralEast European Countries for Foreign Investors and Businessmen.- 5.1 Identifying Entrepreneurial Opportunities in CentralEast European Countries.- 5.1.1 Sources of Information.- 5.2 The “Stake-Holders” and Their Influence on Decision Making Processes Concerning the Choice of Foreign Partners.- 5.2.1 The Authorities in the Capacity of Stake-Holders.- 5.2.2 The Enterprises as Stake-Holders.- 5.2.3 The Employees as Stake-Holders.- 5.3 Risks and Risk Reducing Measures.- 5.3.1 Possible Approaches to Assess the Technological Abilities of Economies, Regions and Enterprises.- 5.3.2 Operational Risks and their Possible Elimination.- 6 Entrepreneurial Concepts Applied in Preparation for Becoming Part of a “Big Europe”.- 6.1 Entrepreneurial Strategies Developed in the CSFR.- 6.1.1 Enterprises Operating in the Consumer Goods Industry.- 6.1.2 Case Studies of Enterprises Operating in the Engineering Industry.- 6.1.3 Case Studies of Enterprises Operating in Trade and Services.- 6.2 Entrepreneurial Strategies Applied in Catalonia — Spain.- 6.2.1 Entrepreneurial Concepts Applied in “Qualified Chemistry”.- 6.2.2 Entrepreneurial Strategies of Catalan Enterprises Operating in the Engineering Industry.- 6.2.3 Entrepreneurial Strategies Observed in Less Research-Intensive Manufacturing in Catalonia.- 7 Indicators of the Eligibility of an Enterprise as a Base for a Potentially Successful Joint Venture.- 7.1 Available Data and Their Credibility.- 7.2 Methodology and Outcome of Comparing Past and Present Performance of Industrial Enterprises.- 7.3 Testing the Eligibility of Enterprises as a Base for a Potentially Successful Joint Venture.- Concluding Remarks.- References.