Privatization, Conversion, And Enterprise Reform In Russia

Foreword -- Preface -- State Policies and the Context for Enterprise Reform -- The Russian Model of Mass Privatization: Governmental Policy and First Results -- The State of Public Finance, Fiscal Policy, and the Budget in Russia -- Management, Corporate Governance, and Enterprise Directors -- Agency Problems in the Privatization of Large Enterprises in Russia -- Attitudes of Enterprise Managers Toward Market Transition -- Privatization and Corporate Governance in Russia: An Empirical Study -- Political Origins of Corporatist Order: The Politics of Enterprise Reform -- Regional Analysis of Defense Industry Issues -- Economic Performance and Policies in the Defense Industrial Regions of Russia -- Conversion of Russian Defense Industries: A Macroeconomic and Regional Perspective -- Transition to the Market at the Enterprise Level -- A Case Study of Russian Defense Conversion and Employee Ownership: The Saratov Aviation Plant -- Enterprise Strategies To Cope with Reduced Defense Spending: The Experience of the Perm Region -- Spin-offs and Start-ups in Russia: A Key Element of Industrial Restructuring -- Acronyms -- Summary of Privatization Programs -- Soviet and Russian Legislation Relevant to Enterprise Reform