Capitalism without contracts versus capitalists without capitalism: Comparing the influence of Chinese guanxi and Russian blat on marketization

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-327

  Hsu, Carolyn L ^a  

^a Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

Blat; Cultural practices; Entrepreneurs; Guanxi; Marketization; Networks

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ENTREPRENEUR; INVESTMENT; NETWORKING;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

EID: 25144493573     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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