In fact, the increasing success of these factions in blocking efforts to decentralize and privatize key energy production facilities has already contributed to recent interruptions in energy supplies to Ukraine and Eastern Europe.
Economic Policy: Just as political liberalization of the Soviet Union is intended to take place within the context of the existing structure, the economic reforms being introduced are designed to decentralize and introduce private enterprise only within politically controllable parameters.
If a firm is headquartered in a country where trust is prevalent (such as Sweden), it is much more likely to decentralize its decision making than if it is headquartered in a country in which trust is rarer (such as India).