institutions and failures with respect to the rule of law in Russia call into question its position as one of the BRIC countries …. The purpose of this paper is to propose that the legitimization of newly created formal legal institutions in Russia is … legislation and academic research on professionalism and the development of the legal profession in Russia was undertaken to …

studies of VC emergence from South Africa, Botswana, and Russia are compared, from which a conceptual model is developed …‐sized enterprises. Practical implications – VCs considering investment in Russia should examine how early entrants to the industry …