Transforming Russian Enterprises

JOHN LOGUE is Professor of Political Science at Kent State University. SERGEY PLEKHANOV is an Associate Professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto, Canada. Former Deputy Director of the Institute for the Study of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, he has authored or coauthored numerous works on American politics and society including Right-Wing Extremism and U.S. Foreign Policy (1986) and Modern American Political Consciousness (1980). In recent years, he took an active part in Russian reform politics and served as founding chairman of the Coordinating Committee for Economic Democracy, a Moscow-based group advocating principles of employee ownership. JOHN SIMMONS is president, Participation Associates, and Adjunct Professor of Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He specializes in organizational transformation, total quality economic development, and education reform. He is the author of Working Together (1985) and Better Schools (Praeger, 1982).

Preface Terminological Note Reforming the Russian Economy: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives Employee Ownership and Russian Economic Reform by John Logue, Sergey Plekhanov, and John Simmons Post-Stalin Efforts to Reform the Soviet Industrial Economy, 1953-1985 by Robert W. Clawson The Road to Employee Ownership in Russia by Sergey Plekhanov From State Property to Employee Ownership: The BUTEK Experiment by Valery N. Varvarov Case Studies in Russian Employee Ownership Introduction: Employee Ownership in Practice by John Logue It's Time for Us, It's Time for You: The MOVEN Story by Oleg Tikhonov A Smell of Fresh Paint: Kazansky Elektromekhanichesky Zavod by John Logue and Olga Yu. Maiboroda Privatization at Stroipolymer by Victor B. Supyan Pioneer of Privatization: Veshky by Yakov Keremetsky From Worker's Collective to Employee-Owned, Joint Stock Company: Saratov Aviation by David Binns Transforming a Russian State Enterprise: Krasny Proletary by John Simmons and David Hanna Leading the Transformation of Krasny Proletary by Yuri I. Kirillov Lessons of American and Russian Models of Ownership and Management in Employee-Owned Enterprises On Not Reinventing the Wheel by John Logue Employee Ownership in the Market Economy: Lessons from the American Experience by John Logue Making Employee Ownership Work: American Lessons about Reaching High Performance by John Simmons A Second Revolution from Above? by John Logue, Sergey Plekhanov, and John Simmons Bibliography Index