Reluctant Capitalists: Russia's Journey Through Market Transition

ISBN-13: 9780415928243 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 224 str.

Linda M. Randall

Opis

Reluctant Capitalists examines Russia's journey toward a free market. The book begins in 1990 with the end of Perestroika continues through to the end of the decade.

Recenzje

"Reluctant Capitalists is an engaging and well-documented book that captures Russia's complex transitional business and political environment. The vivid examples of Russian managers' business practices, challenges, and successes, confirm that Linda Randall gained the trust of her interviewees, and she skillfully weaves these experiences into valuable insights about the future of the market system in Russia." -- Sheila M. Puffer, co-author of The Russian Capitalist Experiment: From State-owned Organizations to Entrepreneurships **wants to see edits.
"[F]ascinating...Randall's book adds significant value to the growing literature on the Russian transition...It is a valuable book filled with first-hand examples of Russia's difficult transition to capitalism." -- Academy of Management Journal

Spis treści

Preface A Personal Journey 1 Reluctant Capitalists 2 Early Steps in the Journey: The Origin of Russian Business Traditions 1590-1917 3 Scars of Change: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Manager 4 Corporate Governance: a Requisite for Successful Privatization 5 The Myth of Privatization 6 Government as a Source of Support 7 The Trickle-down Effect of Institutional Change 8 Network, Not Cash Flow 9 Legitimacy: Litmus Test for Change 10 Taking Care of Business: Filling the Vacuum Left By Government 11 Changing Heart and Mind: The Education of the Russian Manager 12 At the Crossroads Bibliography

O autorze

Linda M. Randall