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A very Soviet form of capitalism? The management of holding companies in Russia

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The transition to a market economy in Russia did not initially lead to significant changes in the social organisation of production, leading some to doubt that Russia was in transition to capitalism at all. Since the 1998 devaluation, Russian capitalist holding companies have invested in industrial enterprises. This article reviews the impact of such investment on the management structure of Russian companies on the basis of a series of intensive case studies. The case studies show a very consistent pattern of strictly centralised hierarchical management, which reproduces many features of the traditional Soviet system of administrative control, using financial rather than physical indicators, with production subordinate to projected sales, but very limited change in the traditional forms of personnel and production management. In conclusion, the question is raised whether this represents a distinctively Russian form of capitalism or is merely a transitional stage of capitalist development.

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  • Simon Clarke, 2004. "A very Soviet form of capitalism? The management of holding companies in Russia," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(4), pages 405-422.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pocoec:v:16:y:2004:i:4:p:405-422
    DOI: 10.1080/1463137042000309539
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    1. Ichiro Iwasaki, 2007. "Enterprise Reform And Corporate Governance In Russia: A Quantitative Survey," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 21(5), pages 849-902, December.
    2. Monika Fiedorczuk, 2011. "Znaczenie grup kapitałowych w Rosji," Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, issue 11-12, pages 61-81.
    3. Svetlana B. Avdasheva, 2009. "Impact of Business Integration on Corporate Restructuring and Performance," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Tatiana Dolgopyatova & Ichiro Iwasaki & Andrei A. Yakovlev (ed.), Organization and Development of Russian Business, chapter 9, pages 213-231, Palgrave Macmillan.
    4. Wandel, Jürgen, 2011. "Integrierte Strukturen im Agrar- und Ernährungssektor Russlands: Entstehungsgründe, Funktionsweise, Entwicklungsperspektiven und volkswirtschaftliche Auswirkungen. Band I und II," Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Transition Economies, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), volume 63, number 63.
    5. Cédric Durand & Maxime Petrovski, 2008. "Un développementalisme russe ?," Post-Print hal-00283408, HAL.
    6. Christoph Bühler & Dirk Konietzka, 2008. "The transition from school to work in Russia during and after socialism: change or continuity?," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2008-018, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
    7. Anikin, Vasiliy, 2013. "Motivation to Work in Russia: The Case of Protracted Transition from Noncompetitive to Competitive System," MPRA Paper 45292, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 05 Mar 2013.

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