...Eli Gimmon; Christian Felzensztein Purpose To better understand the emergence of small-scale entrepreneurial firms in the under-researched transition economy of Cuba. Design/methodology/approach Given the scarcity of reliable publicly available information and restrictions on private data...

... constituencies in Cuba that are able to grant legitimacy and sketch out respective strategies to deal with each of these formal institutional challenges. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research approach comprising semi-structured executive interviews was used, combined with the analysis of media...

...Richard C. Becherer; Marilyn M. Helms Purpose The Caribbean Island of Cuba, only 90 miles from the US mainland, has remained one of the world's few examples of a centralized communist economy since Fidel Castro overthrew the government in 1959. The country has declined in recent years, most...