Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Introduction: Managers, Entrepreneurs, and Leaders in the Ever More Complex CEE Environment 1
5. I. Key Business Trends in Central and Eastern Europe
6. 1.1. Preview: CEE Business Environment through the Eyes of a Western Manager 15
7. 1.2. Europe’s Emerging Countries and the Changing Geography of Innovation 23
8. 1.3. New Ways of Financing CEE Entrepreneurs 33
9. 1.4. The Double Face of Janus: Or How CEE Entrepreneurs Can Use Intellectual Property Rights Smartly 43
10. 1.5. Time to Fold the Tent: Retail Rivalry in Hungary and its Implication for the Rest of CEE 53
11. 1.6. Corruption in Central and East Europe: Economics, Politics, and Cultural Values 65
12. 1.7. Corporate Social Responsibility in Economies of Transition: The Role of the State 73
13. 1.8. Is There a Way Out? Promoting Integrity in CEE through a Social Enterprise 83
14. 1.9. CEE’s Complex Saga: Authors’ Discussion of Part I 93
15. II. Central and Eastern Europe and Global Forces
16. 2.1. Preview: Global Forces and CEE Competitiveness 101
17. 2.2. The Eurozone Crises and CEE 111
18. 2.3. The New Silk Road: China and the Emerging Opportunities for CEE 121
19. 2.4. The European Crises and the United States 127
20. 2.5. Climate Change and the Post-Carbon Economy: Innovation through Shale Gas 133
21. 2.6. The Rise of Social Entrepreneurship 143
22. 2.7. A New Generation of Digitally Educated Workers 151
23. 2.8. Back to Reality: Global Trends In Business Education 161
24. 2.9. Boarders and Beyond: Authors’ Discussion of Part II 169
25. III. Central and Eastern Europe and New Business Thinking
26. 3.1. Preview: The Way Forward 181
27. 3.2. Crisis, Renewal, and Leapfrog: Contributions of Contemporary Innovation and Business Strategy in Europe’s Periphery 187
28. 3.3. Redesigning the Bureaucratic Mind: Toward Fact-Based Thinking in Economic Regulation 197
29. 3.4. The New Civil Society: Corruption as Discursive Empowerment 207
30. 3.5. Breaking with the Leadership Fantasy: Adopting a More Realistic Model of Drive and Motivation 215
31. 3.6. Attack of the Cyborgs: A Note on the Limits of One “New Way of Thinking 225
32. 3.7. Rethinking CEE: Authors’ Discussion of Part III 231
33. Conclusion: Joining the Twenty-First Century and the Need for Creative Professionalism 239
34. Editor’s Acknowledgements 251
35. List of Contributors 253
36. Index 259