Industrial Transformation in Europe

Process and Contexts

Industrial Transformation in Europe offers material for a broader understanding of international industrial and organizational transformations. The chapters examine the economic management activities of state agencies in the move from command to market economies and the attempted creation of viable forms for such economies. It considers the changing roles of different interest groups in these processes and the dynamic forms of corporatism emerging today. Looking at various aspects and examples of the restructuring of work systems, including the building of new forms of labor relations in post-socialist Europe, this volume provides an in-depth analysis of the role of foreign capital and multinationals which can operate as powerful forces shaping governmental industrial strategies. This volume is essential reading for all those interested in emergent developments in Europe, particularly in central and Eastern Europe. At a time when the many facets and implications of globalization are demanding industrial and organizational transformations, Industrial Transformation in Europe makes a notable contribution to more general organization theory through its analysis of the complexities of organizational change.