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How Multilevel Elite Loyalty Strengthens Electoral Authoritarianism : Evidence from Gubernatorial Elections in Russia
Sirotkina, Elena - 2017
important to establish high voting for an autocrat? Basing on empirical evidence of gubernatorial election in Russia we explore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968542
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Nobility and Schooling in Russia, 1700s-1760s : Westernization of an Elite as a Social Process
Fedyukin, Igor - 2016
, young members of the elite were allowed to express their preferences regarding enrollment in specific schools or branches of … had very clear preferences, and that there are deep cleavages within the elite in terms of the attitude of its members … shaping choices of education and service made by the nobility. The paper presents the Westernization of the Russian elite as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013005797
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The Barriers of Access to Elite Higher Education in Russia
Prakhov, Ilya - 2014
criteria of applicant selection in Russia), but by characteristics that are not directly related to the applicants' abilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043029
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Entrepreneurial Intention, Values, and the Reasoned Action Approach : Results from a Russian Population Survey
Schmidt, Peter; Tatarko, Alexander; Amerkhanova, Natalia - 2013
Russia (Central Federal District and the North Caucasian Federal District). The effective total sample size was 2,058 and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155998
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The Birth of an Entrepreneurial Board in Emerging Markets : A Russian Case
Libman, Alexander - 2015
This paper investigates the role of boards in founder-managed firms with concentrated ownership in emerging markets. The existing literature suggests that this type of company, even if they decide to recruit high-profile individuals as directors, rarely empowers the boards in the corporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013031382
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Ruling Elites' Rotation and Asset Ownership : Implications for Property Rights
Polishchuk, Leonid - 2013
We provide a theory and empirical evidence showing that the rotation of ruling elites in combination with elites' asset ownership could improve property rights protection, and that such association holds for non-democratic political regimes when it is based on elites' concerns about security of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071575
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The Cradle of Chaos : Metamorphosis of Chinese Elite, 1850s-1900s
Vul, Nikita - 2015
When the Qing Empire collapsed in 1911, military groups moved to the forefront. The power of regional warlords bloomed during 1916-28, splitting China into disparate fiefdoms. The fragmentation of China largely defined the course of events in this country through all 20 century, so explaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024831
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Buying Loyalty of Voters Or Local Elites? Political Alignment and Transfers to Provinces in Tutelary Regimes : The Case of Iran
Vaskin, Ilya - 2020
The paper investigates the impact of an electoral support for president for short- and long-term transfers between national and provincial governments in tutelary regimes. The research uses the case of Iran; the database covers 330 observations for 30/31 provinces for 2005-2015. The results show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014094620
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Entrepreneurial University Culture : The Clash of Values And Resistance to Change
Mkrtychyan, Gerasim - 2016
This paper introduces an original methodology for assessing the organizational culture of an entrepreneurial university. Methods for the assessment of values in research activity and of resistance to organizational change have been developed. The study of values and characteristics of resistance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012994074
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Is Individual Social Capital Linked to the Implementation of Entrepreneurial Intentions?
Tatarko, Alexander - 2014
The present study reveals the role of individual social capital in the implementation of a person’s intention to start their own business and reveals how individual social capital contributes to this action. The basic premise of our study is that individual social capital facilitates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014153755