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A Service of Leibniz-Informationszentrum econstor Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre Make Your Publications Visible. zbw for Economics Lang, Rainhart (Ed.); Winkler, Ingo (Ed.) Research Report Selected papers from the VIII Chemnitz East Forum "Cooperation between East and West: Westernization of the East or Easternization of the West?" Schriften zur Organisationswissenschaft, No. 14 Provided in Cooperation with: Technische Universität Chemnitz, Professur für Organisation und Arbeitswissenschaften Suggested Citation: Lang, Rainhart (Ed.); Winkler, Ingo (Ed.) 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Preface ............................................................................................................................ 1 Alas, R., Tafel, K. Corporate Governance in Estonia ........................................................................................ 4 Bakacsi, Gy., Lázar, E., Sánduly, E Relations between societal and organizational culture variables of Romania and economic development indicators at regional level ............................................................................ 17 Bibu, N., Petrisor, I., Ionescu, G., Cazan, E., Bizoi, G., Saratean, E., Vlad, S. Romanian Societal Culture: A culture towards Westernization? ............................................ 52 Čater, T . The Analysis of Knowledge-related Competitive Advantages in Slovenian Firms .................... 74 Ciucan-Rusu, L. Organizational Culture and Management Behaviour in Romanian Companies ....................... 102 Jasaityte, N., Lang, R. Influence of Foreign Investments on the Structure, Organizational Culture and Leadership of Lithuanian Enterprises .................................................................................................. 116 Pučko, D., The Choise of the One-Tier or Two-Tier Corporate Governance Model in the CEE Countries .................................................................................................................... 140 Zashev, P., Kamenev, D. Market Entry of German Small and Medium Business in Russia: Challenges and Strategies .... 162 Rai nhart Lang Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany Preface Ingo Winkler Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the Chemnitz University of Technology organized the VIII Chemnitz East Forum, lead by Prof Rainhart Lang, from September, 13 th to September, 15 th 2007. Present and future themes of research on transformations in the Middle and Eastern European countries were subject of the international conference named “Cooperation between East and West: Westernization of the East or Easternization of the West?” This event is to enable an intensive exchange of knowledge and experiences between academics of Eastern and Western Europe on the one hand, and to develop research cooperations on the other hand. Furthermore universities of Eastern and Western Europe shall be able to establish or expand contacts with each other in the interdisciplinary symposium. So, scientists of different fields congregated in this forum: economic and management scientists, educationalists and sociologists. The VIII Chemnitz East Forum was a meeting of leading European researchers working in the area of organizational changes in transforming societies. 26 scientists of 13 countries discussed previous and present research topics. They also initiated new corporate projects. Up-and-coming young scientists working on themes of transformation took part, too. Current fields of transformation scientific research were treated at the conference, addressing following aspects: • Enlargement of Western and Eastern methods of management in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, • Transfer of methods of human resource management and organizational structures between East and West, • Leadership in international cooperations, East-West joint ventures as well as enterprises in MEE with Western management, • Internationalization strategies of Central and Western European enterprises, • Cooperate governance and board of management structures of CEE enterprises as well as joint ventures, • Developing organizational forms of East-West cooperation and • Ethical aspects of East-West cooperations. 1 Lang, R., Winkler, I. The presentations dealt with aspects of organizational change and cooperation between organizations in Middle and Eastern European countries as well as Western Europe and Northern America. Especially results of theoretically based empiric researches were lectured. Based on the lectures, presented discussions followed enabling an extensive exchange of ideas. Lectures and discussions made clear that East-West cooperations, in particular caused by differences in power, are still especially marked by a transfer from West to East. Detailed studies and closed examinations however show that this process is not a simple transfer of solutions. Furthermore, local players develop differing strategies of adaptation and further development of transferred institutions, elements, concepts, and solutions. The role of national, regional or organizational cultures behind the influences of the “old” system was notably emphasized. In addition, not only the influence of lines of business with their special conditions and sometimes very different integration in local or global markets but also chosen strategies and ways of implementation of Western management concepts and instruments were of importance. In the end, specific conditions lead to a change in meaning concerning transferred institutions in the Central and Eastern European context, and are partly reflected in changed identities of organizations in CEE countries. While the conference mainly looked at the very differentiated process of the partial ‘Westernization’ of the East, the reversed process of has just begun. One result of the discussions is that theoretically founded analyses are required concerning the development of scientific research approaches. “Multi-theory-approaches” may be suitable because of the complexity of processes but request a meta-theoretical frame or at least sufficient consistency between the used theories. Beside quantitative analyses qualitative researches are still of importance. Concerning the scientists’ role in this process the significance of a critical approach was emphasized. This approach is to avoid one-sided partisanship and examine problems in the process of cooperation and mutual transfer.