East-West Business Collaboration (Routledge Revivals) : The Challenge of Governance in Post-Socialist Enterprises

Corporate governance is an area of key importance for students of comparative management and international business. This is particularly relevant in analyses of the post-socialist economies of the East, where both governments and enterprises have undergone major structural transformation. This title was first published in 1994, following the Centre for Organisational Studies’ (COS) third Round Table, which discussed East-West business collaboration in relation to the management of organizations. As a result, the edited collection is designed to provide guidance for managers, in the East and West, to the kind of governance issues they might face when working together in the post-Soviet business world. Utilizing a series of case studies, the chapters represent a genuine dialogue between managers, consultants and academics who have worked on both sides of the former ideological divide. Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and exhibits; List of tables; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Directing and the learning board; Introduction; The Changing Contexts; Growing Responses from Boards; Creating a Learning Board; Formulating Corporate Policy; Strategic Thinking; Supervision; Accountability; Conclusion; Discussion of Bob Garratt's Presentation; 2. The lessons from China; Introduction; Sino-Foreign Collaboration; Sino-Foreign Joint Ventures: A Study. China and Eastern Europe Similarities and DifferencesA Conceptual Model; Implications and Conclusions; References; Discussion of Max Boisot's Presentation; 3. Case study one: Salamander and Lenwest; Salamander and the Opening of Eastern Europe; Introduction; History; Salamander looks east; Structure; Strategic vision; Distribution; Production; Investments; Personnel; Finance; European shoe market; International business; Gearing up for business in Eastern Europe; The Formation and Operation of Lenwest; Origins and rationale of the Soviet operations of Salamander. The shoe industry in Leningrad in the mid-1980sThe situation at Proletarskaya Pobeda from the mid-1980s; Establishing the joint venture; Lenwest: stages of expansion; Creating an integrated concern; The performance of Lenwest; Marketing and distribution; Financial performance; Shareholding arrangements and management structure; Expanding activities: the formation of Belwest; The future; Appendix 3.1: Joint ventures in the USSR: a brief summary; Appendix 3.2: Salamander in figures (Dm 000,000); Discussion of Anton Artemyev and Ian Turner's Presentation. 4. Case study two: Tianjin Nutrexpa Food CompanyIntroduction; Background; The Starting-Up Phase; Becoming Operational; The Future; Appendix 4.1: Brief profile of the Nutrexpa joint venture; Discussion of Manuel Vallejo and Max Boisot's Presentation; 5. Case study three: Sportis; Syski's Soliloquy; Sportis: Origins and Growth; Sportis: Current Performance; Sportis: Strategic and Organization Issues; Syski's Soliloquy (Continued); Appendix 5.1: WZT; Appendix 5.2: Sportis sales 1986-90 (zloty); Appendix 5.3: Sportis staffing; Discussion Following a Visit to the Sportis Production Facilities. 6. Case study four: the Barents Sea Gas ProjectIntroduction; The Barents Sea Gas Project; Project Logistics; Current Issues; Discussion of Jan-Peter Paul's Presentation; 7. Host country managerial behaviour in Chinese and Hungarian joint ventures: assessment of competing explanations; Introduction; Host Country Managerial Behaviour; Decision Making; Communication; Personnel Policy; Potential Explanations; The system of industrial governance; Implications of industrialization; National culture; Resistance to change; Assessment; References. Content: 1. Directing and the learning board / Bob Garratt -- 2. The lessons from China / Max Boisot -- 3. Case study one : Salamander and Lenwest / Anton Artemyev and Ian Turner -- 4. Case study two : Tianjin Nutrexpa Food Company / Manuel Vallejo and Max Boisot -- 5. Case study threee : sportis / Max Boisot -- 6. Case study four : the Barents Sea Gas Project / Jan-Peter Paul -- 7. Host country managerial behaviour in Chinese and Hungarian joint ventures : assessment of competing explanations / John Child and Livia Markoczy. The result of collaboration between managers, consultants and academics from capitalist and post-socialist economies, this book offers the reader insights into the complex issue of corporate governance. Edited By Max Boisot. Papers From The Third Annual Cos Round Table, Held Monralin, Poland In 1992? Includes Bibliographical References (pages 146-150) And Index.