From Communists to Foreign Capitalists : the Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe.

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From Communists to Foreign Capitalists explores the intersections of two momentous changes in the late twentieth century: the fall of Communism and the rise of globalization. Delving into the economic change that accompanied these shifts in central and Eastern Europe, Nina Bandelj presents a pioneering sociological treatment of the process of foreign direct investment (FDI). She demonstrates how both investors and hosts rely on social networks, institutions, politics, and cultural understandings to make decisions about investment, employing practical rather than rational economic strategies to.  Read more... Cover Title Copyright Contents List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgments Prologue Chapter 1 Social Foundations of the Economy Chapter 2 From Socialism to Postsocialism Chapter 3 Institutionalization of FDI in Postsocialism Chapter 4 Cross-Country Patterns in FDI Flows Chapter 5 Embeddedness of Organizational FDI Attempts Chapter 6 Uncertainty and the Practice of FDI Transactions Chapter 7 Embedded Economies Epilogue Appendix on Method and Data Sources Notes References Index.