The Flowers of Decay

„Ahogy bomlott fel a vállalat, úgy jöttek egyre többen..."

Abstract

This case-study follows with attention how — parallel to the disintegration of a large-scale enterprise, employing more than 10 thousand workers in a country town — small-scale enterprises were formed in the same branch of industry. Some of those who lost their jobs in the early 1990s now try to become independent entrepreneurs, utilizing the konwledge, the experiences and connections which they had acquired while working within the large-scale enterprise.
What are their chances of success against the large-scale enterprises? How can we characterize their relations with one another and with the large-scale enterprise? Will they ever be able to exceed the level of small-scale production and will they be able to influence the market by inoovation? The study endeavours to answer these questions.