From Communists to foreign capitalists
Subtitle: the social foundations of foreign direct investment in postsocialist Europe
By: Nina Bandelj
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780691129129
Subjects: Investments, Foreign -- Europe, Eastern; Investments, Foreign -- Europe, Central; Post-communism -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-289) and index
Table of contents: title: Social foundations of the economy; title: The argument; title: A social-constructivist perspective on economic organization and action; title: The empirical case: foreign direct investment in postsocialist Europe; title: From socialism to postsocialism; title: Socialism; title: Challenges of the transformation: shock therapy versus gradualism; title: The context of transformation; title: Conclusion; title: Institutionalization of FDI in postsocialism; title: FDI as instituted process; title: Legitimization of FDI practice; title: FDI trends since 1989; title: Explaining FDI inflows across countries over time; title: How postsocialist states create markets; title: Conclusion; title: Cross-country patterns in FDI flows; title: From country characteristics to relations between countries; title: Social relations as determinants of FDI flows; title: Embeddedness and globalization; title: Conclusion; title: Embeddedness of organizational FDI attempts; title: Invested transactions: the intricacies of FDI attempts; title: What determines FDI transactions?; title: Network embeddedness; title: Cultural embeddedness; title: Political embeddedness; title: Macro-institutional embeddedness; title: Embeddedness: structures-power-culture configurations; title: Conclusion; title: Uncertainty and the practice of FDI transactions; title: Rethinking instrumental rational action; title: Uncertainty; title: Practical action model; title: Substantive varieties of rationality; title: Procedural varieties of action; title: Logic of decision-making practice : routines, emotions, creativity; title: Conclusion; title: Embedded economies; title: Creation of markets: from one kind of embeddedness to another; title: Operation of markets : structures-power-culture configurations; title: Varieties of postsocialist capitalism; title: Conclusion