It is well known that M. Granovetter wrote about the declining role of strong social ties and the rising role of weak ties. Yet the situation in Russia is different. The institutional order and a high level of transactions costs compels young Russians to use strong social ties to cut transaction...

It is well known that M. Granovetter wrote about the declining role of strong social ties and the rising role of weak ties. Yet the situation in Russia is different. The institutional order and a high level of transactions costs compels young Russians to use strong social ties to cut transaction...

The main idea of the research is to investigate how the communication processes could result in the location of productive forces in contemporary Russian regions. The results are based on utilizing several traditional and new methods of regional analysis. We have analyzed: 1) Inter-regional...

This research is based on the materials collected during the preparation of the official Strategies of socio-economic development of two oil-producing cities in the south of Yamal-Nenets autonomous Okrug: Muravlenko and Gubkinsky. Our study shows that for the success of diversification not only...

The main idea of the research is to investigate how the communication processes could result in the location of productive forces in contemporary Russian regions. The results are based on utilizing several traditional and new methods of regional analysis. We have analyzed: 1) Inter-regional...