In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia … institutional environment in Russia in terms of three dimensions: on the rate of productive entrepreneurial activity measured in … addition, the analysis explores the effectiveness of Russia's informal networks for circumventing the weak institutional …

entrepreneurial development in Russia. We utilize Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001 and 2002 to investigate … the effects of the weak institutional environment in Russia on entrepreneurship, comparing it first with all available GEM … country samples and second, in more detail, with Brazil and Poland. Our results provide strong evidence that Russia …