Why is China different from Eastern Europe? Perspectives from organization theory

European Economic Review

Volumn 43, Issue 4-6, 1999, Pages 1085-1094

  Qian, Yingyi ^a   Roland, Gérard ^b   Xu, Chenggang ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Coordination; Experimentation; Organizational form; Transition

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC REFORM; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON;

CHINA; EUROPE;

EID: 0032773211     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00116-0     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Blanchard O., Kremer M. Disorganization. Quarterly Journal of Economics. 112(4):1997;1091-1126.
2. Chandler A. Jr. Strategy and Structure. 1962;Doubleday, New York.
3. Dewatripont M., Roland G. The design of reform packages under uncertainty. American Economic Review. 85(5):1995;1207-1223.
4. Granick D. Chinese State Enterprises. A Regional Property Rights Analysis:1990;University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
5. Maskin, E., Qian, Y., Xu, C., 1997. Incentives, information, and organizational form. DDP 618. Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge, MA.
6. McMillan J., Naughton B. How to reform a planned economy. Lessons from China Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 8:1992;130-143.
7. Milgrom P., Roberts J. Economics, Organization, and Management. 1992;Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
8. Nove A. The Soviet Economic System. 2nd ed. 1980;Allen&Unwin, Boston, MA.
9. Qian Y., Xu C. Why China's Economic reform differ. The M-form hierarchy and entry/expansion of the non-state sector Economics of Transition. 1(2):1993;135-170.
10. Qian, Y., Roland, G., Xu, C., 1997. Coordinating changes in M-form and U-form organizations. Mimeo., Stanford University, ECARE and London School of Economics.
11. Roland, G., Verdier, T., 1996. Transition and the output fall. Mimeo., ECARE, Brussels.
12. Sachs, J., Woo, W.T., 1997. Understanding China's economic performance. Mimeo., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
13. Williamson O. Markets and Hierarchies. 1975;Free Press, New York.