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Attempts to reconstruct the history of the rise oflarge- and medium-size entrepreneurial enterprises in post-socialist Hungary.The development of a new generation of big business owners can be traced from agradual marketization that preceded the political changes of 1989. Theiremergence was part of the entrepreneurial boom of the first half of the 1990s,which saw a rapid rise in the number of registered businesses. Data from in-depth interviews with 48 Hungarian entrepreneurs are used toidentify the skills and attitudes necessary to run a business amid thesocio-economic crises that followed the collapse of state socialism. Theinterview data suggest that employment history under socialism, as well asindividual choices regarding party membership and private business, had astrong impact on the entrepreneurs' decision to launch startups. Also, occupations in production and trading offered definite advantages forfuture entrepreneurial success, as did the entrepreneurs' impressive educationand residence in urban areas. Finally, many of the entrepreneurs came fromfamilies with aspirations of upward mobility. As a whole, the interviewssuggest that the new Hungarian entrepreneurs have grown to be more like theircounterparts in other economically developed nations. (SAA)
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In: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 58, Issue 3, p. 317-345 2006
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