New research on investment funds in communist Poland [includes poster]
by Maciej Tymiński & Piotr Koryś, in Business History
How Did Provincial Communist Leaders in 1970s Poland Bend the Rules?
Centrally planned economies were meant to be rigid, controlled from the top, and resistant to local influence. But was that really the case?
Business History research shows how provincial Communist leaders in Poland during the 1970s found creative ways to secure extra investment funds despite the constraints of the Soviet-style system. The article examines key industrial projects, economic strategies, and the eventual crisis that led to the collapse of the system.
Read more in 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ‘𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐦’ 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟏–𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒): 𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐬’ 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 by Maciej Tymiński & Piotr Koryś
https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2024.2448496
