MAP20070008514Behind the factory walls : decision making in Soviet and US enterprises / edited by Paul R. Lawrence, Charalambos A. Vlachoutsicos. — Boston : Harvard Business School Press, cop. 1990XII, 352 p. ; 25 cmSumario: 1. A comparative study of soviet and american management systems -- 2. US and USSR cultural characteristics -- 3. History of US and soviet economics institutions -- 4. US and soviet contemporary decision-making theory -- 5. Field sites and managerial practices -- 6. Planning -- 7. Hiring and firing managers -- 8. Capital investment decisions -- 9. New product introduction -- 10. Managerial patterns : differences and commonalities -- 11. Trends and conclusions