Where is that fragile line between different cultures, different religions, different national or personal identities? - Agnieszka Holland THE 19th CENTURY politician Metternich, a champion of Western European isolationism and Austrian xenophobia, is credited with saying that Asia begins at the Landstrasse, that is, at the street that leads out of Vienna toward Hungary. Over the last two hundred years of our millennium, Central and Eastern European countries have struggled to overcome this deep prejudice and reclaim their place in Europe independent political and cultural entities. And while it has been very difficult to do so in terms of economic and political modernisation; in terms of establishing long lasting state and social institutions that are capable of generating and perpetuating democracy, in terms of culture Central and Eastern European countries have scored much more successfully. In fact, often times much better than their Western European counterparts. Ten.
Universities in Central and Eastern Europe are caught between enforced data reporting (because the governments want them to account for their activities and performance) and institutional research for strategic development (because universities want to do better). Since the capacity for institutional research is in most universities still fairly limited (there are a few institutional researchers employed and these tend to work with centralized, yet non-integrated information systems), the emphasis of institutional research tends to be more on formal reporting than on supporting decision-making. Given that majority of universities in the region is still predominantly funded by the state, government steering crucially influences university practices. In most of national systems the governments have not developed performance-oriented financing and quality assurance mechanisms that would, in turn, prompt universities to adapt performance-oriented management practices with data analytics as a vital part.
ABSTRACT What is attempted in the East is catching up with the West from a recent position of worse-than-Latin-American economic backwardness. Until now, populations that were sentenced to political patience by the logic of poor democracies have reluctantly backed this enormous effort. Central and Eastern Europe's post-socialist path is characterized by an increasingly discredited ideology of a return to Europe and a non- European combination of substitute institutions of development: radical opening towards the world economy, damaged institutions of labor representation, eroded state capacity, and often strong private and foreign dominance in the financial and other strategic sectors. There is a chance for a few countries to succeed. Yet various development traps may be more likely in the end than a "Great Spurt" in the Gerschenkronian sense.
The countries of western Europe have seen far reaching corporate governance developments in recent years, ranging from the Cadbury Report in the UK to the Vienot Report in France. These developments have been discussed in toto in the report of the CEPS working party on corporate governance in Europe. However alongside the developments in western Europe, there are fundamental political and economic changes going on in the countries in Eastern and Central Europe (CEEC) which have significant implications for the development of corporate governance in these countries.In this paper we analyse the changes that have taken place in a number of CEEC countries, highlighting both the commonalities and the differences, and the way that these countries are developing in terms of their corporate governance structures. The demise of central planning, for example, has led to a shift of control, and we seek to examine such issues as where control now lies, the effects of privatisation, and the problems of development of institutional arrangements for corporate governance.Financial institutions have a key role to play in the changes in the CEEC and therefore the latter part of the paper places a special emphasis on the role of financial institutions, particularly banks, as monitors in the CEEC, and analyses the banks' role in firms' restructuring. The implications for the role of banks in any developing corporate governance system are immense, with banks playing a central role as monitors of corporate success. However the privatisation of banks and firms is not, per se, sufficient to ensure that these enterprises develop adequate corporate governance structures which are able to cope with problems endemic in the current framework, and are capable of evolving to take account of future changes.We examine the existing structures in several CEEC, and provide a taxonomy of changes that have occurred to date. We discuss likely future changes and conclude on the likely effects on corporate governance in the CEEC.
Abstract Developed countries started to outsource labour-intensive production processes to lower-cost countries decades ago such as the ones belonging to Central Eastern Europe, where subcontracting became significant from the 1950s. During the past few years, tendencies of relocation came to the fore and received a fresh boost because of the economic situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The growing need for shorter supply chains creates a noteworthy situation in the region's fashion industry. But we have to make a difference between the 'headquarter' country of the brand and the actual country of origin: even if luxury products are made here, the relations in production remain hidden.
The monograph attempts to consider what the heritage of Central and Eastern Europe.The strengthening of the research is particularly important nowadays in the era of globalization, on the one hand, and nationalism, on the other, and the war on the third hand. It can indicate ways to "face" the challenges Europe is currently facing.
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"Unter den politischen Veränderungen, die im Anschluss an den Fall der Berliner Mauer im Jahr 1989 in Mittel- und Osteuropa eingetreten sind, war das Recht auf Migration in den Köpfen vieler Menschen gleichbedeutend mit Demokratie. Auch wenn der politische Wandel in den 90er Jahren in manchen Ländern mit einer Lockerung ihrer strikten Ausreisesysteme einherging, handelte es sich dabei lediglich um unbedeutende Maßnahmen im Vergleich zu den weitreichenden Veränderungen des Bevölkerungskontrollsystems, das im Zuge des politischen Übergangs zur Demokratie eingeführt wurde. Im Laufe der 90er Jahre nahm die Migration (ethnisch basierte Migration, Rückkehrmigration, Arbeitsmigration, Transitmigration) in dem riesigen Gebiet des ehemaligen Ostblocks unaufhaltsam zu. Als in verschiedenen Gebieten, insbesondere im Kaukasus und Südosteuropa, Konflikte und Krieg ausbrachen, ließen enorme Zahlen von Flüchtlingen, Asylsuchenden und Vertriebenen diese Migrationsbewegung noch anschwellen. Die neuen unabhängigen Staaten untermauerten ihren politischen Übergang zur Demokratie, zu Rechtsstaatlichkeit und dem Schutz der Menschenrechte durch die Mitgliedschaft im Europarat und die Ratifizierung internationaler Abkommen, die wesentliche Garantien für die Rechte und den Schutz von Migranten und ihren Familien beinhalteten. Im Mai 2004 treten acht dieser Länder der Europäischen Union bei; nach einer Übergangsperiode werden sie zu festen Bestandteilen des Binnenarbeitsmarktes, und ihre Bevölkerungen werden sämtliche durch das EU-Gesetz gewährleisteten Freizügigkeitsrechte erlangen. Dieser Artikel umreißt die großen Migrationstrends in Mittel- und Osteuropa seit der Ausbreitung der Demokratie über den Kontinent, hebt verschiedene Aspekte der Arbeitsmigration in der Region hervor, einschließlich der Auswirkungen der EU-Erweiterung und spricht einige Integrationsfragen an. In der Einleitung werden eine Reihe kurzer historischer, politischer und rechtlicher Gesichtspunkte dargelegt." (Autorenreferat)
