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Scandinavian Journal of Management Volume 8, 1992 List of Contents, Author Index and Key Word Index © Pergamon Press Oxford New York Seoul Tokyo SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT Incorporating Scandinavian Journal of Management Studies Editor STEN JONSSON Department of Business Administration, Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law, Vasagatan 3, S-411 24 Gothenburg, Sweden Former Editor Ro LF LUNDIN University of Umea Associate Editors HENRIK GAHMBERG University of Vaasa FLEMMING POULFELT Copenhagen Business School TORGER REVE Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration English language adviser Nancy ADLER Editorial Board Nits BRUNSSON ERIK JOHNSEN JOHAN P. OLSEN Stockholm School of Economics The Management Research Norwegian Research Centre in Institute, Frederiksberg Organization & Management CHRISTER CARLSSON Abo Academy PERTTI KETTUNEN ANDREW PETTIGREW BARBARA CZARNIAWSKA-JOERGES University of Jyvaskyla University of Warwick Stockholm School of Economics PAL E. Korsvo_p BENT PROVSTGAARD JEREMY DENT Norwegian School of Management Aarhus School of Economics London School of Economics REvVO LUOSTARINEN GERALD R. SALANCIK and Political Science Helsinki School of Economics Graduate School of Industrial LARS ENGWALL JAMES G. MARCH Administration, Pittsburgh Uppsala University Stanford University WILLIAM H. STARBUCK PAULSSON FRENCKNER LARS-GUNNAR MATTSSON New York University University of Stockholm Stockholm School of Economics AARON WILDAVSKY ANTHONY Hopwoop HENRY MINTZBERG Survey Research Center, London School of Economics McGill University University of California, Berkeley and Political Science Production Editor BRYONY ROOPER Pergamon Press Ltd, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW, U.K. Publishing, Subscription and Advertising Offices: Pergamon Press Ltd, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW, U.K. (Oxford 794141, Telex 83177) Annual Subscription Rates 1993 Annual Institutional subscription rate (1993): £94 (U.S.$179). Sterling prices are definitive. U.S. dollar prices are quoted for convenience only and are subject to exchange rate fluctuation. Prices include postage and insurance and are subject to change without notice. Subscription rates for Japan are available on request. 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Accordingly, the publishers, the editorial board and editors and their respective employees, officers and agents accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate or misleading data, opinion or statement. Copyright © 1992 Pergamon Press Ltd Published Quarterly in March, June, September and December CONTENTS OF VOLUME 8 Number 1 S. JONSSON Editorial: Strategy revisited A. NYGAARD Multinational company strategy and host country policy and R. DAHLSTROM T. MARTIKAINEN On the maximization of shareholders’ wealth: evidence based on firm-specific financial characteristics K. SKOLDBERG The alchemy of planning cultures: towards a theory of strategic change Forum N. BRUNSSON Cynical action: a reply to Léwstedt Book Reviews S. JONSSON Managing Change for Competitive Success, by A. Petti- grew and R. Whipp U. P. WELAM Decision Analysis for Management Judgment, by P. Goodwin and G. Wright Contributors to this issue Number 2 S. JONSSON Editorial: Quasi-markets H. Botti The internationalization paradox in Parodi: a research tale J. KALLINIKOS The significations of machines M. J. HOLLER, V. Hast _ Decisions on strategic markets — an experimental study and K. KRISTENSEN Contributors to this issue Number 3 1992 Special Issue: Poland — Management in an Economy in Transition B. W. WAWRZYNIAK In lieu of introduction — the Polish road to the 2\lst 149 century B. BINCZAK Monopolies and the market economy 159 J. K. SOLARZ The government stabilization programme and inflationary 167 expectations in a society M. KANIA The process of privatization and structural changes in the 175 Polish economy, July-September 1990 G. GIERSZEWSKA Remodelling Polish enterprise 181 and M. ROMANOWSKA M. BRATNICKI The propensity for strategic change in Polish companies 193 and R. Krys — a comparative study K. STOBINSKA Perception of ownership transformation — employee 201 and S. WINCH opinions in state enterprises J. M. DABROwSKI, First year of transformation and the behaviour of state- 209 M. FEDEROWICZ run enterprises and A. LEvITAS G. GIERSZEWSKA Changes in the Polish director model during the 1980s M. DLuGosz Post-Communist executives and new management free- doms: a gaming/simulation study J. STACHOWICZ Management culture in large Polish enterprises in heavy industry: diagnosing the present state and identifying the need for change B. LEMPKOWSKI Romantics — pioneers of capitalism in the Polish economy of the 1980s B. W. WAwWRZYNIAK The government role in the production of new managers 265 Contributors to this issue and their brief biographies 277 Number 4 S. JONSSON Editorial: Applying for research grants Scandinavian Doctoral Theses submitted during 1990- 199] A. L. KALLEBERG The organization of employment relations: integrating and T. REVE sociological and economic approaches O. J. BoRCH Small firms and the governance of inter-organizational exchange Forum H. MINTZBERG Learning in (and from) Eastern Europe Announcements Contributors to this issue Volume Contents, Author Index and Key Word Index for Volume 8, 1992