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1982, the Russia people ranked lower on happiness and life satisfaction than the people of much poorer countries such as … collapse of the Soviet Union, subjective well-being in Russia fell to levels never seen before, reaching a low point in 1995 … been reversing itself, but in 2011 Russia still ranked slightly lower than its level in 1981 …
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Economic crises are expected to erode domestic political support for the existing regime. However, in comparison with democracies, autocracies enjoy more of a leeway responding to economic downturns due to their ability to strengthen their clientelist ties and increase the level of repression...
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This study investigates factors of corporate success over the crisis period of 2008-2009. We advocate the idea that investments in intangibles allow a company to be better off, even if the markets go down. The hypothesis put forward in this paper was tested on a sample of more than 300 companies...
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Innovations and related knowledge are important drivers of corporate success in modern economies. However the crisis of 2008 strongly influenced investment decisions including R&D expenditure. This may be explained by the fact that the crisis has changed a transformation of corporate resources...
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assess correctly the riskiness of other banks. However, the “crises of trust” (as one in 2004 in Russia) create some doubts …
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study reports that at least some of these origins can be observed in Russia. Using conventional industry growth accounting … Russia a few years before the crisis, as in other major global economies, such as OECD countries, China and Brazil. Russia …, the contribution of information and communication capital to labour productivity growth in Russia after 2008 declined …
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This paper presents an analysis of changes in senior management labor market in Russia during the 2000s. The original … data consists of information on the appointments of 5771 senior managers in Russia from late 1999 until 2009. The study … senior manager in Russia is a 30-40 years old man with a degree in economics, engineering, or science, who moves every 2 …
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This paper explores the ideological sources of the Russian Naval Ministry “literary expedition” in a broad context of ethnographical knowledge, 1840-1860. The author explains which Russian and Western models of literary ethnography compelled Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich to commission...
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each other. But, how had the notion of luxury been conceptualizing outside of the European Roman world? Russia is an … of luxury. Secondly, starting from Petrine time Russia got more acquainted with the European political economy …
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This study investigates the role of the climato-economic characteristics of 85 Russian regions in the formation of collectivism in those territories. Based on the results of previous research, the authors suggested that in regions with harsh climatic conditions, the richer population has a lower...
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