Privatisation or re - nationalisation in Russia?-Strangthening strategic government policies within the economy

Vahtra, Peeter; Liuhto, Kari; Lorentz, Harri

doi:10.5771/0949-6181-2007-4-273

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“…Some industries oppose the general trend of market liberalization, such as Russia's oil and gas industries that are reverting to strong governmental control (Vahtra, Liuhto & Lorentz, 2007). Bevan et al (2004) and Lorentz et al (2007) further observed the existence of different institutional environments in the regions of Russia, which comprise several time zones, cultures, languages, and religions.…”

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Adaptation of Foreign Logistics Service Providers' Resources and Capabilities to a New Institutional Environment

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Weidmann

Lorentz

2015

J Supply Chain Manag

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As a consequence of the internationalization of logistics services into emerging markets, incumbent companies find themselves in foreign environments to which they have to adapt. The purpose of this study is to enhance understanding of how new institutional environments affect logistics service providers (LSPs) and how they adapt in terms of resources and capabilities. Combining the institutional environment perspective with the resource‐based view, we analyze the impact of institutions on foreign LSPs in the case of Russia. The case‐study‐based results suggest that the institutional environment, namely the political and social systems, as well as market liberalization, carries major implications in this context. Foreign LSPs need to adapt to the host market environment during internationalization in order to develop the capabilities associated with competitive logistics services. Further, the complexity of the offered services determines the degree of required adaptation.

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Adaptation of Foreign Logistics Service Providers' Resources and Capabilities to a New Institutional Environment

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Lorentz

2015

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“…To this end, institutions were strengthened, money surrogates were outlawed, and the fiscal and judicial system overhauled in an attempt to reduce corruption, enforce property rights and increase tax revenues (Abdelal, 2010). Putin also remodeled the state's relationship with the oligarchs, forcing some into exile and others into prison (Puffer & McCarthy, 2007) and took some strategically important industries -including defense, oil, and gas -back into state ownership (Vahtra, Liuhto, & Lorentz, 2007). As a result, business-state relations moved first from "state capture" to "elite exchange" in which firms receive favorable treatment in return for providing benefits to state agents (Frye, 2002;Rutland, 2001), and subsequently to business capture (Yakovlev, 2006).…”

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Corporate Social Responsibility in the Russian Federation

Crotty

2014

Business & Society

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as a concept for business from within developed, Western economies. Such economies are underpinned by functioning institutions, where compliance with regulation is assumed. Recently, however, the ability of this traditional understanding of CSR to take account of the different economic and institutional arrangements found in non-Western contexts has been challenged. It has been argued that CSR research needs to be more contextualized and that the Western interpretation and assumptions about what CSR is and how it is enacted needs to be broadened and challenged to take account of different stages of economic development. With this argument in mind, this article presents a contextualized critique of CSR undertaken in the Russian Federation. Based on a qualitative study involving managers within privatized Russian firms, this article explores the type, nature, and scope of CSR undertaken and attendant motivation of firms to engage in CSR practice. By taking account of the historical and cultural antecedents of both the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet transition period, the author reveals that while the market is driving conventional forms of CSR within some Russian firms, the historical legacy of both the Soviet Union and more recent political developments have a stronger influence on the type and nature of CSR undertaken. These findings challenge the assumptions about both the voluntary nature of CSR and the prerequisites needed for CSR to take place.

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“…To this end, institutions were strengthened, money surrogates were outlawed, and the fiscal and judicial system overhauled in an attempt to reduce corruption, enforce property rights and increase tax revenues (Abdelal, 2010). Putin also remodeled the state's relationship with the oligarchs, forcing some into exile and others into prison (Puffer & McCarthy, 2007) and took some strategically important industriesincluding defense, oil, and gasback into state ownership (Vahtra, Liuhto, & Lorentz, 2007). As a result, business-state relations moved first from "state capture" to "elite exchange" in which firms receive favorable treatment in return for providing benefits to state agents (Frye, 2002;Rutland, 2001), and subsequently to business capture (Yakovlev, 2006).…”

Section: The Russian Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Russian Federation

Crotty

2011

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as a concept for business from within developed, Western economies. Such economies are underpinned by functioning institutions, where compliance with regulation is assumed. Recently, however, the ability of this traditional CSR approach to take account of the different economic and institutional arrangements found in non-Western contexts has been challenged. It has been argued that CSR research needs to be more contextualized, and that the Western interpretation and assumptions about what CSR is and how it is enacted needs to be broadened and challenged to take account of different stages of economic development. With this argument in mind, this article presents a contextualized critique of CSR undertaken in the Russian Federation. Based on a qualitative study involving managers within privatized Russian firms, this article explores the type, nature, and scope of CSR undertaken and attendant motivation of firms to engage in CSR practice. By taking account of the historical and cultural antecedents of both the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet transition period, the author reveals that while the market is driving conventional forms of CSR within some Russian firms, the historical legacy of both the Soviet Union and more recent political developments have a stronger influence on the type and nature of CSR undertaken. These findings challenge the assumptions about both the voluntary nature of CSR and the prerequisites needed for CSR to take place.

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Privatisation or re - nationalisation in Russia?-Strangthening strategic government policies within the economy

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

Adaptation of Foreign Logistics Service Providers' Resources and Capabilities to a New Institutional Environment

Adaptation of Foreign Logistics Service Providers' Resources and Capabilities to a New Institutional Environment

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Russian Federation

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Russian Federation

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