East-West business encounters in Serbia and Montenegro: How Serbian repatriates from the west experience their present business environment: A case study

This study deals with the experiences of Serbian professionals with education and/or working experience acquired in the West who returned since the political changes in October 2000 to work in foreign or domestic business organizations in Belgrade. The aim is to analyze the degree and contents of "culture shock" this group has experienced, their opinions as to what the local and Western business actors should learn from each other in order to facilitate business operations in the future, and their assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of their own bicultural background