Transforming Russian Enterprises

Russia is moving dramatically ahead in reforming its economy and its firms. This joint Russian and American work focuses on the key issue in the Russian economic reform process—how to convert state-owned firms into successful private companies capable of competing in a market economy. Unique case studies of Russian enterprises, their legal and internal structure, management philosophy, and economic performance, provide insightful analyses of the ongoing Russian experience with economic reform. Recent Russian legislation and its implications for privatization are also discussed.

JOHN LOGUE is Professor of Political Science at Kent State University.

SERGEY PLEKHANOV is an Associate Professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto, Canada. Former Deputy Director of the Institute for the Study of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, he has authored or coauthored numerous works on American politics and society including Right-Wing Extremism and U.S. Foreign Policy (1986) and Modern American Political Consciousness (1980). In recent years, he took an active part in Russian reform politics and served as founding chairman of the Coordinating Committee for Economic Democracy, a Moscow-based group advocating principles of employee ownership.

JOHN SIMMONS is president, Participation Associates, and Adjunct Professor of Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He specializes in organizational transformation, total quality economic development, and education reform. He is the author of Working Together (1985) and Better Schools (Praeger, 1982).