01696pab a2200181 454500008004000000100002500040245009700065260000900162300001500171362000800186520107700194650005001271650002801321773003401349909001001383999001701393952010401410180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMcDermott, Gerald A.  aInstitutional change and firm creation in east-central Europe: an embedded politics approach  c2004  ap.188-217.  aMar  aA central debate about the transformation of postcommunist countries is how political approaches to institution building affect firm restructuring and creation. This debate has largely been dominated by theories that emphasize either the depoliticization of institutional designs or the determining impact of preexisting social structures. By examining the relative economic performance of Poland and the Czech Republic in the 1990s, this article offers an alternative, embedded politics analysis that views firm and institutional creation as interwined experiments. Czech attempts to implant a depoliticized model of reform impended institutional development and the reorganization of sociopolitical networks, in which  firms are embedded. Poland facilitated institutional experiments not only in the ways it promoted negotiated solutions to restructuring but also in the ways it empowered subnational governments. The study utilizes data on manufacturing networks, privatization, bankruptcy, and regional government reforms collected between 1993 and 2000. - Reproduced.  aEast Central Europe - Politics and government  aPolitics and government  aComparative Political Studies  a60738  c60738d60738  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 37, Issue no: 2pAR61184r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR