1st Edition

Self-Management and Efficiency Large Corporations in Yugoslavia

By Stephen R. Sacks Copyright 1983
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

The book, first published in 1983, examined whether the Yugoslavs’ extensive implementation of their principle of self-management by small work units was costly in terms of economic efficiency. Were they atomizing their firms into inefficiently small fragments? Was the system of worker self-management appropriate only for small firms? Can a modern industrial enterprise of efficient scale, indeed... Read more

Foreword;  Introduction;  1. Divisionalization in Yugoslav Corporations  2. Giant Corporations in Yugoslavia  3. The Theory of Transfer Prices  4. The Efficiency of Divisionalized Corporations  5. Investment Decisions in the Devisionalized Firm  6. Case Studies  7. Divisionalization in Other Socialist Countries  8. Summary;  References;  Index

Biography

Stephen R. Sacks