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26 - Lean Production in Post-Communist Europe

Formalisation and Employee Involvement in Russia

from Part III - Lean Production Around the World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2021

By
Elena Shulzhenko
Edited by
Thomas Janoski  and
Darina Lepadatu
Thomas Janoski
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky
Darina Lepadatu
Affiliation:
Kennesaw State University, Georgia
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Summary

Up until three decades ago there existed a viable alternative to capitalism: the socialist regime in the Soviet Union and the neighbouring states of Eastern Europe persisted for over seventy years. These Communist Party-led states had the ability to foster industrial and scientific success, and to provide free high-quality education and free healthcare to its citizens. Yet, despite being capable of producing space rockets, it had notorious difficulties in assuring an even flow of mass production and manufacturing high-quality consumer goods. Although this regime ceased to exist in the early 1990s, the post-communist states in Europe have still not converged with the advanced industrial democracies in terms of their political systems. Nevertheless, the opening up of the new markets for foreign direct investment has played an important role in the diffusion of new management systems, including lean production.

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The Cambridge International Handbook of Lean Production
Diverging Theories and New Industries around the World
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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