Privatization, Conversion, And Enterprise Reform In Russia

Preface, Michael McFaul and Tova Perlmutter. Part 1 State policies and the context for enterprise reform: the Russian model of mass privatization - governmental policy and first results, fiscal policy and the budget in Russia, Sergei Sinelnikov. Part 2 Management, corporate governance and enterprise directors: agency problems in the privatization of large enterprises in Russia, M. McFaul; attitudes of enterprise managers toward market transition, Irina Starodubrovskaya; privatization and corporate governance in Russia - an empirical study, Katharina Pistor; political origins of corporatist order - the politics of enterprise reform, Mari Kuraishi Horne. Part 3 Regional analyses of defense industry issues: economic performance and policies in the defense industrial regions of Russia, Clifford Gaddy; conversion of Russian defense industries - a macroeconomic and regional perspective, Jacques Sapir. Part 4 transition to the market at the enterprise level: a case study of Russian defense conversion and employee ownership - the Saratov Aviation Plant, John A. Battilega; enterprise strategies to cope with the reduced defense spending - the experience of the Perm region, Tarja Cronberg; spin-offs and start-ups in Russia - a key element of industrial restructuring, David Bernstein.