... there are undoubtedly consumers prepared to pay more for “green” products, price resistance limits demand especially among low income consumers. The following points outlined the inherent defects of the market economy that allow commercial interests to take precedence over environmental considerations: 1...

...V.L. Khazanet The fragmentation of the Soviet Union has left its citizens tired of promises and hungry for positive results. However, while the current transitional period in the former Soviet states (FSS) from the command economy to the market economy has added enormous hurdles for ordinary...

... that the market economy which is developing in Russia has a unique form which gives greater emphasis to “work community”. It has huge forest resources. During the Soviet period the annual harvest under bark was 85 million cubic metres, more than that of any single European country. Forest industries are located...

... Market economy Trade barriers This article is concerned with the external dimension of East Central European States′ (ECES) transition from socialism, focusing principally on developments in their own intraregional trade and economic co‐operation[ 1 ]. During the initial years...

... and conflicts are, it is suggested, continuously revealing themselves in current events. For example: © MCB UP Limited 1994 Czech Republic Development Eastern Europe Economy Management education Managers Market economy National cultures From a “Western” point of view (i.e. Western...

...Nigel J. Holden As the USSR undertakes the transition to a market economy, western words and concepts to describe business and management activity are becoming increasingly used there. The semantic discrepancies between the English word “businessman” and the Soviet word biznesmen...