?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Performance+of+Firms+in+Transition%2C+in%3A+Transition+Report&rft.creator=Bruno%2C+RL&rft.creator=Svejnar%2C+J&rft.creator=Commander%2C+S&rft.creator=Rodionova%2C+Y&rft.description=The+performance+of+firms+in+the+transition+countries+is+central+to+explaining+the+performance+of+the+economy+as+a+whole.+At+the+start+of+transition%2C+most+firms+were+state-owned%2C+inefficient+and+limited+in+their+objectives+by+the+dictates+of+central+planning.+To+escape+these+limitations%2C+a+combination+of+privatisation%2C+the+entry+of+new+private+firms+and+fundamental+changes+to+the+competitive+and+regulatory+environment+has+been+at+the+core+of+the+transition+process.+However%2C+the+extent+to+which+barriers+to+doing+business+have+been+eliminated+has+varied+widely+across+the+region.+This+chapter+uses+the+Business+Environment+and+Enterprise+Performance+Survey+(BEEPS)+to+analyse+the+factors+explaining+how+firms+have+performed.+The+BEEPS+provides+data+over+a+nine-year+period+that+allows+us+to+analyse+how+important+firm+characteristics+and+country+factors+are+in+determining+performance.&rft.publisher=European+Bank+for+Reconstruction+and+Development+(EBRD)&rft.date=2005-11&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(EBRD+Transition+Report++2005+%2C+pp.+pp.+82-92+).+European+Bank+for+Reconstruction+and+Development+(EBRD)%3A+London%2C+UK.+++++&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1471866%2F&rft.rights=open