Papers by academics and administrators from East and West are contained in this volume. Recent macroeconomic policies in the West and the East are examined and new strategies for dealing with economic problems are analyzed.

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Part 1 Prospects for the world economy: an overall view to West and East, O.Bogomolov; the medium-term outlook for the world economy and the implications for East-West economic relations, L.R.Klein and D.L.Bond; global shifts and their impact on national policies, J.Pajestka. Part 2 Two national examples: recent experience with macroeconomic policy in the Federal Republic of Germany, N.Klein; Austria's macro-economic policies in the last decade, H.Seidel. Part 3 Policies for external economic relations: decision-making and instruments for socialist foreign trade; growth and the foreign balance - experience and problems of the German Democratic Republic, W. Heinrichs; intensive development as an instrument for export-led growth in the German Democratic Republic, P.Sydow; the European monetary system - first lessons and new challenges, H.Bourguinat; the new protectionism with nontariff instruments, D.Salvatore; comparing the foreign economic strategies of market and centrally planned economies, P.Marer. Part 4 The management of enterprise strategies: problems of controlling markets and resource allocation in conditions of excess demand - the Polish case, J.Lipinski; investment decision-making in Yugoslavia, J.Bendekovic and I.Teodorovic; strategic planning and innovation in Yugoslav self-management enterprise - Metalservis, A.Kraus; marketing and innovation strategy in a major Hungarian enterprise - Taurus, L.Horvath; recent developments in planning and decision-taking in large corporations, P.Beck; strategic planning in a changing competitive environment, W.Rall.