Comparative Capitalism and the Transitional Periphery

Edited by Mehmet Demirbag, Professor of International Business and Deputy Dean, Essex Business School and Geoffrey Wood, Western University, Canada

• Contents:Introduction:Geoffrey Wood and Mehmet DemirbagPART I TRANSITIONAL PERIPHERY: CENTRAL ASIA1. Expanding the boundaries of institutional analysis in the transitional peripheryDilshod Makhmadshoev2. Uzbekistan: Autocracy, Development and International FirmsGeoffrey Wood and Mehmet Demirbag3. Mongolian management: local practitioners’ perspectives in the face of political, economic and socio-cultural changesSaranzaya Manalsuren, Marina Michalski and Martyna Śliwa4. Political risk, political instability and the transitional periphery in the age of global uncertaintyAli Resul UsulPART II TRANSITIONAL PERIPHERY: CAUCASIA5. International business view of economic and institutional transformation in transitional periphery: Armenia and GeorgiaAleksandr V. Gevorkyan6. Influence of Economic and Political Changes on Industrial Relations between Turkey and AzerbaijanSayım Yorgun7. The Application of MNC HR Policies and Practices in the Luxury Hotel Industry: Differences and Similarities Between Transitional Periphery Versus Developed EconomiesGiovanni O. Serafini and Leslie T. SzamosiPART III OTHER TRANSITIONAL PERIPHERY8. The state and company managements in BelarusHanna Danilovich and Richard Croucher9. Equity commitment and company resources: evidence from Nordic multinational enterprise strategies in transitional periphery economies Ahmad Arslan, Jorma Larimo and Shlomo Y. Tarba10. Lessons in nonmarket strategy from Eastern Europe and Central Asia: moving beyond the ‘compared to what’ questionYusaf H. Akbar and Maciej KisilowskiIndex