...Mark A.P. Davies; K. Waite; Elena Millan; Jonathan Reynolds Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of individualism and collectivism at an individual level, in the context of an emergent market economy of Eastern Europe. More specifically, the effects of the psychological...

...; the range and the threshold of a good (or service). Christaller’s theory attempts to explain retail patterns by the notion of a hierarchy of centres proposing that the process of centralization would lead to a clearly recognizable stepped hierarchy of centres. Central Europe Eastern Europe Grocery...

...Rene Dentiste Mueller; Amanda J. Broderick Describes an extensive consumer survey carried out in 1993 in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Empirical findings provide an understanding of the food retail systems in Eastern Europe, consumer behaviour and consumer satisfaction with the various...

...Helmut Seitz Describes the economic situation and general structure of retailing in Eastern Europe. Presents market research data on the organization of retailing and wholesaling in the former Comecon countries with inter‐country comparisons. Reviews future prospects of retailing in these economies...