The new entrepreneurs of Europe and Asia: patterns of business development in Russia, Eastern Europe, and China

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. Profiles of Entrepreneurs -- 1. Joining the Winners: Self-Employment and Stratification in Post-Soviet Russia -- 2. The Worm and the Caterpillar: The Small Private Sector in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia -- 3. The Yu Zuomin Phenomenon: Entrepreneurs and Politics in Rural China -- 4. Security and Enforcement as Private Business: The Conversion of Russia's Power Ministries and Its Institutional Consequences -- 5. The Construction of a Professional Field: Resources, Skills, and Attributes of Founders of the Market Research Sector in Poland, 1989 to 1997 -- 6. Entrepreneurs and Democratization in China's Foreign Sector -- Part Two. Patterns of Entrepreneurialism -- 7. Entrepreneurial Action in the State Sector: The Economic Decisions of Chinese Managers -- 8. Entrepreneurial Strategies and the Structure of Transaction Costs in Russian Business -- 9. The Embedded Politics of Entrepreneurship and Network Restructuring in East-Central Europe -- 10. Social Capital and Entrepreneurial Success: Hungarian Small Enterprises Between 1993 and 1996 -- 11. Entrepreneurial Governmentality in Postsocialist Russia: A Cultural Investigation of Business Practices -- 12. Marketing Civility, Civilizing the Market: Chinese Multilevel Marketing's Challenge to the State -- Index.

Gerber, Theodore P.: Joining the winners. Self-employment and stratification in post-Soviet Russia. Rona-Tas, Akos: The worm and the caterpillar. The small private sector in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia. Gilley, Bruce: The Yu Zuomin phenomenon. Entrepreneurs and politics in rural China. Volkov, Vadim: Security and enforcement as private business. The conversion of Russia's power ministries and its institutional consequences. Benson, Elzbieta W.: The construction of a professional field. Resources, skills, and attributes of founders of the market research sector in Poland, 1989 to 1997. Pearson, Margaret M.: Entrepreneurs and democratization in China's foreign sector. Guthrie, Doug: Entrepreneurial action in the state sector. The economic decisions of Chinese managers. Radaev, Vadim: Entrepreneurial strategies and the structure of transaction costs in Russian business. McDermott, Gerald A.: The embedded politics of entrepreneurship and network restructuring in East-Central Europe. Lengyel, György: Social capital and entrepreneurial success. Hungarian small enterprises between 1993 and 1996. Yurchak, Alexei: Entrepreneurial governmentality in postsocialist Russia. A cultural investigation of business practices. Jeffery, Lyn: Marketing civility, civilizing the market. Chinese multilevel marketing's challenge to the state