Entrepreneurship in a Transitional Economy: A Turkmen Case Study (Research Brief)

Turkmenistan is in the process of leaving behind an economic system that was dominated by the government, and beginning to establish a market economy. In such a transformation process, entrepreneurs play a critical role. My research dealt with studying a newly privatized firm and its entrepreneurial management by focusing on the challenges that it faced to function in an economy without the infrastructure that is essential in the success of all business organizations.

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Kamal Fatehi, of Kennesaw State University, was a 2002-03 Short-Term Travel Grants fellow.