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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...
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The Asymmetric Spatial Effects for Eastern and Western Regions of Russia
Demidova, Olga - 2014
western regions of Russia. These regions differ significantly in population density and the distances between cities. The main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059272
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Performance Incentives and Economic Growth : Regional Officials in Russia and China
Rochlitz, Michael - 2014
this issue, we compare the performance, careers and incentives of regional officials in China and Russia during the last 15 … Russia than in China. In particular, we find that in contrast to China, provincial leaders in Russia are unlikely to be …
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The Effects of Regulatory Reforms on Public Procurement : The Case of a National University in Russia
Tkachenko, Andrey; Yakovlev, Andrei A.; Demidova, Olga; … - 2014
This paper analyses the impact of reform and different regulation regimes on the effectiveness of procurement at a large state university in the period from 2008 to 2012. We evaluate the impact on the procurement effectiveness parameters of two significant changes in the public procurement...
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The Evolution of Conflict Regulation in Private International Law of Russia and Poland
Erpyleva, Natalia - 2015
The present article examines the evolution of conflict regulation in the private international law of Russia and Poland … author also scrutinizes different conflict rules contained in the Treaty between Russia and Poland on legal assistance and … legal relations in civil and criminal matters. The author concludes that modern conflict regulation in Russia and Poland is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014137296
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Closing the Skills-Jobs Gap : Russia and China Compared
Remington, Thomas F. - 2017
-off between deepening and broadening. The paper compares China and Russia — two large, relatively decentralized countries with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942470
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The Transformation of Working-Class Identity in Post-Soviet Russia : A Case-Study of an Ural Industrial Neighborhood
Elizaveta, Polukhina - 2017
This paper presents an analytical description of working-class identity in three key periods of the socioeconomic transformations which changed the structure of a plant's industry and working-class life: the Soviet era (1930s-1980s), the time of economical change (1990s), and the post-Soviet...
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Motivations for Public Service in Corrupt States : Evidence from Post-Soviet Russia
Gans-Morse, Jordan - 2017
with students at an elite university in Moscow, Russia, we compare the attitudinal, behavioral, and demographic traits of … interpretation of these findings is that corruption in Russia results from the transformation of bureaucrats' behavior and attitudes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943396
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Motivation for Ethno-Cultural Continuity as a Predictor of Acculturation and Adaptation in Two Generations of Latvian Russians
Ryabichenko, Tatiana - 2015
The paper presents the results of empirical research on the relationship of motivation for ethno-cultural continuity and strategies of acculturation of the Russian minority in Latvia. We sampled 112 Russian families (parents: N=112, age 35-59, Me=42; adolescents: N=112, age 16-24, Me=17). A...
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Spatial Development of the Largest Russian Cities During the Post-Soviet Period : Orienting Towards Transit or Maintaining Soviet Trends
Koncheva, Elena - 2016
Russian cities are traditionally characterized by high levels of public transport ridership, compared to the Western cities. Moreover, the cities were intensively developing during the Soviet era when the private transport was literally absent. Thus, it can be assumed that the spatial structure...
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