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This text provides a hands-on approach to the privatization process in Eastern Europe. It is divided into the following categories: guidelines for foreign purchasers of state enterprises, a business survival guide for getting things done in Kiev, critical challenges of capital formation, the Greenfield Approach to privatization, vouchers and their practical use, detailed analysis of the particulars of the privatization procedures in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and Hungary. The text also includes a list of all privatization laws.