181. Introduction / Gerald I. Susman -- Exploring the reach of innovation-related cooperation in small firms / Mark Freel -- Innovation, productivity, and growth : an analysis of Irish data / James H. Love, Stephen Roper -- Innovation strategies and manufacturing practices : insights from the 2005 Georgia manufacturing survey / Jan Youtie, Philip Shapira -- Economies of speed : a conceptual framework to describe network effectiveness / Irene J. Petrick, Carleen Maitland -- Sourcing of innovation as trendsetting in the imaging sector : a comparison between large MNEs and SMEs / Johannes M. Pennings, Gino Cattani -- The fastest growing SMEs in Canada : their strategies, e-commerce and network practices / Hamid Etemad -- Knowledge and capabilities in subcontractor's evolution : the Italian case / Roberto Grandinetti, Andrea Furlan, Arnaldo Camuffo -- The communication of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through the supply chain : an SME perspective / Craig H. Wood, Allen Kaufman -- A comparison of the pace and pattern of internationalization by US and Canadian high growth firms / David J. Maslach, Rod B. McNaughton -- The effects of product diversification and international diversification on SMEs' innovation / Jane Wenzhen Lu, Zhijian Wu -- Should high technology SMEs expect to internationalize by passing through a sequence of development stages that affect choice of export market and entry mode? / Marian V. Jones -- A compara

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188. New York :,Communism and its demise. Real socialism. Decline and fall of socialism. The demise of communism in Central Europe. The collapse of the Soviet Union -- Shock therapy vs. gradualism. The radical reform program : a big bang. Gradual reform programs. Rent seeking : the scourge of transition. Criticism of radical reform after the Russian financial crash -- Output : slump and recovery. Sharp decline in recorded output and varied recovery. Exaggeration of the slump. Radical reform : least decline and early recovery. Late reformers : surged after 1998 -- Liberalization : the creation of a market economy. Different strategies of deregulation. Liberalization of foreign trade. Labor market policy. Combat of monopoly : gas and coal. A big bang : vital in deregulation -- From hyperinflation to financial stability. Establishing national currencies. Radical fiscal adjustment was key. Tax policy : from social democratic to liberal. Monetary policy : from loose to strict. Exchange rates : currency board or free float. Dramas of financial stabilization -- Privatization : the establishment of private property rights. Differing aims of privatization. Small-scale privatization : if started, swiftly done. Large-scale privatization : the biggest headache. Privatization of land, real estate, and housing. New enterprise development : the ultimate success. Great achievements of privatization. Vital : speed and legitimacy of property rights -- An inefficient social system. Incomes : differentiation and poverty. Life and health. Education adjusting to demand. Social transfers and pension reform. Alternative social models -- Democracy vs authoritarianism. Democratic breakthrough : critical for successful transformation. An under-reform trap. Renewed democratization : colored revolutions. Parties, electoral rules, and constitutions. How to tame the leviathan : reform of the communist state. Public opinion and ideology. Democracy and democracy aid -- From crime toward law. An explosion of crime. Attempts at building a legal system. Corruption : the bane of transition -- The role of oligarchs. Who are the oligarchs? The economics of oligarchy. The politics of oligarchy. Complaints : a matter of ideology. A question of property rights. Putin's alternative : centralized dictatorship -- The role of international assistance. The dream of Europe. Western failure to act in the East. Trade policy : a gulf between the EU and the CIS. International assistance : insufficient but crucial -- Conclusions : a world transformed. Different models. Achievements and r

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