Description: This text examines the significant phenomenon of enterprise downsizing and market exit during the early transition from socialism to capitalism in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland, analyzing the reasons, methods, and extent of this widespread business contraction following the rebirth of competition after Communism's collapse.
Review Quotes: "This book discusses exit processes (industrial downsizing, bankruptcies, reorganization and liquidations) in three leading transition economies of Central Europe: the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. The reason for the economic transition was that the socialist economies were almost bankrupt by 1989 and in desperate need of restructuring. This book analyses the micro dimensions of this process, where industrial firms cease to exist, releasing assets and resources that may be used more efficiently elsewhere."