This text from a micro level studies the change in the Baltic states, from a wide range of perspectives, recognizing that transformation processes are multiplex and require the linkages between the social, political, psychological, cultural and economic dimensions to be fully exposed and addressed.

Much has been written about the speed and complexity of the transition throughout Central and Eastern Europe and former parts of the Soviet Union. The focus has invariably been on the macro scale and often from the perspective of a single discipline. This book differs from others by concentrating on the micro level of change and doing so from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, recognising that transformation processes are multiplex and require the linkages between the social, political, psychological, cultural and economic dimensions to be fully exposed and addressed.

Introduction: Transition in the Baltic States, Microlevel Studies
N.Hood, J-E.Vahlne &
R.Kilis - SECTION 1: VALUES, ATTITUDES AND PERSPECTIVES - The Baltic Post-Socialist Enterprises and the Development of Organisational Capabilities
S.Radosevic - Organisation and Management Transition in Estonia: A Cultural Approach
K.Liuhto - Collectivism and Individualism in Estonia: An Exploratory Study of Societal Change and Organisational Orientation
M.Vardi &
A.F.Buono - Leftism, Achievement, Orientation, and Basic Dimensions of the Socio-economic and Political Attitudes in Baltic Countries versus other Central and East European Countries
J.Jerschina &
J.Gorniak - Micro-Economic Differences between or within Baltic Nationalities
R.Rose - SECTION 2: PROCESS AND POLICY - Privatisation and Employee-Ownership: The Development in the Baltic Countries
N.Mygind - Growth in the Hidden Economy: The Case of Estonia
G.Raagmaa - Accounting and Audit in Latvia
I.Ludborzs - Latvia's Emerging Capital Markets
G.Jedrzejczak &
A.Fleming - Enterprise Exit in Lithuania
G.Rainys - SECTION 3: SECTORAL EXAMPLES - Problems Facing the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Firms in the Baltic States
D.Smallbone, U.Venessar, L.Rumpis, D.Budreikate - The Investment Behaviour of Individual Private Farmers in Latvia
H-J.Zilcken - SECTION 4: CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS - Values of the Latvian Road to the Market
G.J.King - The Intangibles of Transition: Attitudinal Obstacles to Change
G.Schopflin - Conclusions
N.Hood, J-E.Vahlne &
R.Kilis