Reluctant Capitalists: Russia's Journey Through Market Transition

by Linda M. Randall

Overview

Reluctant Capitalists examines Russia's plodding, sometimes painful, journey toward a free-market. Through case studies, interviews and first-hand observation, Randall tells us of Russia's economic troubles and offers suggestions for making market reform work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415928250
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/26/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

"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

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