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Die Studie über Management-Buy-Outs (MBOs) untersucht einen wichtigen Teil des ostdeutschen Unternehmensbestands: Unternehmen, die im Zuge der Privatisierung aus dem Verkauf von Geschäftsanteilen oder Vermögensgegenständen an das vorher angestellte ostdeutsche Management hervorgegangen sind. Sie hatten im Transformationsprozess von der Plan- zur Marktwirtschaft eine hohe Bedeutung.Das IWH hat im Sommer 1995 eine umfassende Untersuchung dieser MBOs durchgeführt. Dabei standen ihre wirtschaftliche Lage, einzelne betriebswirtschaftliche Felder und Problembereiche – wie beispielsweise Absatz, Organisation und Eigenkapital – sowie ihre Zukunftsperspektiven und der wirtschaftspolitische Handlungsbedarf im Mittelpunkt.

In 1956 the Chinese authorities accomplished the socialisation of private industry and commerce and handicrafts through the implementation of peaceful redemption and through taking charge of the original private management personnel. In January 1957, Shanghai industrialist Li Kangnian criticised the form of the redemption. He suggested extending the payment term of the fixed rate of interest (dingxi) from 7 years to 20 and changing the mode of payment to bank deposit receipts. In spring 1957 his proposal provoked a lively debate in commercial and industrial circles, whose members hoped to establish their relationship with the state on a contractual basis; they rejected the pressure exerted on them in the name of class conflict and asked for equal citizenship. However, these legitimate demands were severely suppressed during the anti-rightist campaign. The ccp's propensity to instrumentalise policies made it impossible to achieve the original intention of using precious human resources, while it led to discrimination based on class and shaped a hierarchical society. In fact, the controversy over Li Kangnian's proposals demonstrated a real confrontation between the patriarchal authoritarian culture of the Chinese Communist Party and the modern contractual culture of industrialists and merchants.

Following Selena's death in April 1995, the U.S. media was not quite sure how to respond to Latinos' reaction as hundreds of thousands of Latinos gathered in cities and towns across the United States to mourn her. Above all, the reaction of the Texas Mem'can community was impassioned, spontaneous, and unified in a way seldom seen before. However, most media commentators focused on the prolferation of "Selena commodities," emphasizing that her death provided corporations with a perfect money making opportunity. This argument overlooks the response from below, from the consumers of these commodities. Engaging with Marxist theories of commodities and consumption and an expanded notion of the fetish, I argue that Selena came to embody a constellation of displaced desires that must be situated in their historical context.