Based on empirical research, the paper investigates two segments of the Hungarian economic elite: multipositionals – who hold three or more positions – and the leaders of transnational companies. It investigates the social characteristics and income chances of the two groups; income chances...

Agricultural education and training in the former Czechoslovakia has traditionally focused on fostering the position of cooperatives and state farms. The destruction of socialist agriculture and the reduction of commuting opportunities in the urban space during the transition have resulted in...

Are entrepreneurs in rural areas of Russia and the Ukraine any different from their urban based counterparts? What are the implications of the distinctiveness of rural entrepreneurship upon the institutional setting – given the weakness of the State? We focus upon the experience of rural areas...

This paper analyses the role and effects of housing policies on residential differentiation in the city of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The focus is on contemporary 'post-privatization' housing-policy measures and their effects, although the transformation from socialism to a market economy...

This paper analyses the role and effects of housing policies on residential differentiation in the city of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The focus is on contemporary 'post-privatization' housing-policy measures and their effects, although the transformation from socialism to a market economy...

In this article, housing policy changes are observed within a theoretical background that relies on social structure analysis and the path dependency approach. Consequently, determining factors of socialist housing policy principles and outcomes have been analysed as relevant for housing policy...

This paper examines the problems of non -performing loans within Japanese banks from the viewpoint of both economic and accounting aspect. In the background of the accumulation of non-performing loans, one cannot disregard the delay of economic recovery and the fall in land prices. I conclude...