'Znakomstva I Svyazi' (Acquaintances and connections) - Blat, the Soviet Union, and mundane entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-250

  Rehn, Alf ^a   Taalas, Saara ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blat; Everyday exchange; Mundane entrepreneurship; Soviet Union

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ENTREPRENEUR;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 2442696836     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0898562042000197108     Document Type: Article

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