The list of participants approaching the starting line in the mass economic âheatsâ in Russia today is changing quite rapidly, at least outwardly. Many fresh participants are entering the fray, flying the flags of new economic structures. And when the pace of economic reform quickens, the old...

Almost with one voice the chronicles praise the customary hospitality of the Slavs, which is rare in other lands and even now commonplace in all Slavic lands: thus vestiges of ancient customs have been preserved for many centuries and the most distant descendants inherit the morals and manners...

This paper examines theoretical issues of direct interfirm exchange in supply chains and focuses upon the relational aspect of embeddedness. Exploring insights from contract theory, marketing research, and economic sociology, we distinguish between the transactional and the relational forms of...

The paper is aimed at assessing the regulatory impact of the new trade law (2009). A standardized data survey is used for revealing market sellers that may gain from the introduction of the trade law. 512 filled questionnaires were collected from the managers of chain stores and their suppliers...

The article presents an analysis of new trends in the management of education based on the experience of the State University - Higher School of Economics (SU-HSE). Since its founding in 1992, HSE has focused on choosing and introducing the most efficient forms of organization. Considering each...

The authors suggest a novel method for measuring how well universities are adhering to the parameters of the Bologna process. The importance of such techniques is due to the fact that by 2010, Russia has to complete reforms of the higher education system in accordance to with the Bologna...

This article focuses on the major rules for preparing a text for publication in an academic journal. The paper provides recommendations concerning how to choose an articles title and publication genre, how to plan the work and edit the text, and guidelines regarding the content of the main parts...

The article presents the results of representative polls of students and teachers of all faculties at HSE. The polls were conducted by the student interest goup Gorod (City) as part of the annual monitoring of university life. The polls investigated the attitude of the respondents to new...

Retail trade presented a most liberalized market segment since the beginningof 1990s in the Russian economy. Suddenly, the state was brought back in bymid-2000s. Th e Federal Law On Main Provisions for State Regulation of TradingActivity was adopted aft er continuous and furious debates. Where...