Elena Iankova is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, USA. She holds a PhD degree from Cornell University and master’s degrees from Cornell and the University of Sofia, Bulgaria. Her research interests are in the area of business, government and civil society relations. Her first book Eastern European Capitalism in the Making (Cambridge University Press, 2002) traces the metamorphosis of this relationship in the post-communist region after the fall of communism. Her second book Business, Government and EU Accession: Strategic Partnership and Conflict (Lexington Books, 2009) is the first comprehensive study that explores how accession to the EU has affected the relationship between business and government in post-communist countries. She has also conducted research on political risk management strategies of multinational corporations in the transition economies of the post-communist region, as well as on the impact of the multinational corporation on community development and on other socially responsible business practices. Her research findings have been published in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Industrial Relations Journal, Journal of World Business, Journal for East European Management Studies, East European Politics and Societies, as well as in edited volumes.
