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Organisational development in the context of radical institutional change: the case study of Poland’s Ursus

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The case study presented here relates to Ursus – one of the world’s oldest makers of agriculture tractors. Founded in the late 19th century, and nationalised in the inter-War period, Ursus became one of the success stories of communist-era Poland. This denoted that, when the transition to a market economy took place, the enterprise came to typify state-owned ‘dinosaurs’. However, once Poland had acceded to the European Union, Ursus was acquired by a family firm and began to increase its international presence rapidly once again. This paper therefore revisits the processes whereby the state firms of post-communist economies underwent organisational transformation; and sheds light on the non-linear nature of its subject’s development process, unfolding in the context of radical institutional change.

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  • Aleksandra Wąsowska, 2022. "Organisational development in the context of radical institutional change: the case study of Poland’s Ursus," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(4), pages 755-780, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:64:y:2022:i:4:p:755-780
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2020.1743689
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