Special issue on CGS 2001

Special Issue on the AMCIS 2001 Workshops: Introduction

This article introduces the CAIS special issue on the workshops presented at AMCIS 2001 in Boston, MA. The overriding theme of this issue deals with various aspects of teaching with technology in the information systems curriculum using commercial applications as well as cases developed by faculty. These aspects include challenges of integrating large-scale applications with limited resources, ...

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IMF Staff Papers, Vol,48 Special Issue, 2001

This paper attempts to portray a synthesis of what has been learned in the past 10 years with regard to the transition process. It contrasts the mainstream “Washington consensus” view of transition with the “evolutionary institutionalist” perspective. It argues that the latter gives a more adequate and complete picture both of the transition processes and of economic systems and is of better he...

IMF Staff Papers, Vol,48 Special Issue, 2001

In China, local governments have actively contributed to the growth of new firms. In Russia, local governments have typically stood in the way, be it through taxation, regulation, or corruption. We argue that the difference can be traced to lies in the degree of political centralization present in China, but not in Russia. In China the central government has been strong and disciplined enough t...

IMF Staff Papers, Vol,48 Special Issue, 2001

This essay reflects the thoughts and experience of two staff members. Mark Allen has been a resident representative in both Poland (1990–93) and Hungary (1996–1998), two countries that have moved well along the road of transformation. Rick Haas was the resident representative in Belarus (1996–98), a country where much remains to be done. In some respects they had similar experiences, in others ...