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THE EFFECTS OF NETWORK’S STRUCTURAL HOLES: POLYCENTRIC INSTITUTIONS, PRODUCT PORTFOLIO, AND NEW VENTURE GROWTH IN CHINA AND RUSSIA
Batjargal, Bat - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2012
contexts of China and Russia. Using interview data of 159 software entrepreneurs in Beijing and Moscow, the study found that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552176
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Entrepreneurial Networking in China and Russia: Comparative Analysis and Implications for Western Executives
Batjargal, Bat - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
In this article, I compare personal networks of Chinese and Russian entrepreneurs in terms of network structure, relationships and resources accessed in networks. The Chinese data is composed of longitudinal phone interviews with 94 Internet entrepreneurs in Beijing, and the Russian data is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677393
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SOFTWARE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS AND PERFORMANCE OF SOFTWARE VENTURES IN CHINA AND RUSSIA
BATJARGAL, BAT - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005
network members on product development, and revenue growth of software ventures in China and Russia. The empirical data are … knowledge heterogeneity on product diversity and revenue growth over time are more salient in Russia due to the unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677662
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Returns to Skills and the Speed of Reforms: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Russia
Fleisher, Belton M.; Peter, Klara Sabirianova; Wang, Xiaojun - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use metadata from 33 studies of 10 transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784595
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Fiscal Reform and its Firm-Level Effects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Anderson, John E. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005
This paper reports the first empirical evidence that fiscal reform efforts in transition countries have positive effects. Using the EBRD BEEPS I and II data, reported in 1999 and 2002, rigorous econometric models are estimated showing that the share of bribes paid to tax collectors is reduced in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677714
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Children at Risk: Infant and Child Health in Central Asia
Buckley, Cynthia - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
Using Demographic and Health Surveys, government statistics, and field observations I examine trends in infant and child health in Uzbekistan, Kazakstan and the Kyrgyz Republic. Health indicators (anemia and marked low weight for age) for the population under the age of 3 are examined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005489868
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Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth under Alternative Economic Systems and Policies: Evidence from the Soviet Transition
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Exploiting annual manufacturing census data from 1985 to 2000, we find that Soviet … Russia displayed job flow behavior quite different from market economies, with very low rates of job reallocation that bore … reforming Russia than in “gradualist” Ukraine, as did the estimated effects of privatization and competitive pressures from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207903
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BANKING REFORM IN RUSSIA: A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY?
Chowdhury, Abdur - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
Only a successful implementation of an overall reform program will enable Russian banks to provide financial intermediation and assist in the country's development from a nascent market economy to a mature financial system. The chances for reform are better now than at any time during the last...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207904
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Small business in Russia: A Case Study of St. Petersburg
Kihlgren, Alessandro - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
The reasons why small business development has been disappointing in Russia compared with other transition countries …
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IS THE COST OF LIVING IN RUSSIA REALLY THAT LOW?
Gluschenko, Konstantin - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2008
in Russia. A comparison of Russian actual prices for foods with those in the US evidences that they are comparable …There is a widespread opinion that goods, especially foods, and services in Russia are very cheap as compared to the US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528987