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The impact of socio-cultural factors on transaction costs and the competitive advantages of the company
[Воздействие Социокультурных Факторов На Трансакционные Издержки И Конкурентные Преимущества Общества]

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  • Nikishina, Elena (Никишина, Елена)

    (Russian presidental academy of national economy and public administration)

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The article describes the approaches to the measurement of the social and cultural specifics of the company, as well as the definition of the economic effects caused by it. Ten methods are considered socio-cultural dimensions, typological groups highlighted socio-cultural indicators, defined by their rank differences depending on the frequency of use in the methods of different authors. For example, three groups of indicators with the highest rank of the analysis of the impact of socio-cultural factors on transaction costs and the competitive advantages of the community.

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  • Nikishina, Elena (Никишина, Елена), 2016. "The impact of socio-cultural factors on transaction costs and the competitive advantages of the company [Воздействие Социокультурных Факторов На Трансакционные Издержки И Конкурентные Преимущества ," Ekonomicheskaya Politika / Economic Policy, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, vol. 1, pages 105-120, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:rnp:ecopol:ep1608
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    Keywords

    transaction costs; socio-cultural factors; individualism; power distance; long-term orientation;
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    JEL classification:

    • B25 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Austrian; Stockholm School
    • B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Modern Monetary Theory;
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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