From the beginning of economic reform in 1992, the retail trade sector was one of the most liberalized market segments in the Russian economy. However, the state was suddenly brought back in during the late 2000s. A restrictive Federal trade law passed after continuous and furious debates in...

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 review is devoted to sociological studies in the field of informal and shadow economy in Russia. It discusses the rise of the shadow economy in the Post-Soviet era, involving transition from fictitious and virtual economy to shadow dealings, from relationships of «blat» to business...

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...