TY  - CHAP
AB  - We argue that claims of an entrepreneurial miracle as a description of private sector development in post-communist Europe conflates entrepreneurship with self-employment. The difference between the two hinges on the Weberian distinction between enterprise- and household-centered businesses. We then present two paradigms, the entrepreneurial that emphasizes the first and the post-Fordist that stresses the importance of the second business type, and provide data on businesses and individual motivation of business owners. We find more support for the post-Fordist approach. Then we show that business forms, primarily associated with self-employment have different recruitment patterns and rewards than other, more entrepreneurial forms. We end with a plea to disaggregate the various forms of independent, private sector activity in future research.
VL  - 15
SN  - 978-0-76231-191-0, 978-1-84950-336-5/0277-2833
DO  - 10.1016/S0277-2833(05)15011-0
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-2833(05)15011-0
AU  - Rona-Tas Akos
AU  - Sagi Matild
ED  - Lisa A. Keister
PY  - 2005
Y1  - 2005/01/01
TI  - Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in Transition Economies
T2  - Entrepreneurship
T3  - Research in the Sociology of Work
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 279
EP  - 310
Y2  - 2024/05/04
ER  -