... of such business practices and the lessons that can be learnt from them. Design/methodology/approach This research employs a comparative case study approach. The authors describe and compare two business cases from different industry sectors. This paper concludes with several findings that could be of interest...

... in foreign technical assistance to a country in transition to a market economy. This article employs a case study of the establishment and subsequent management of an independent food‐testing laboratory to illustrate fundamental changes in the role of the Russian state and private sector in the provision...