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Management practices in Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of foreign multinational corporations: challenging some beliefs about contemporary Russian industrial management

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  • Igor Gurkov

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This article reports the results of observations of management practices in 20 Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations (MNCs). I argue that to counterbalance the higher country-specific risks associated with investing in Russia, MNCs impose on their Russian subsidiaries high demands for superior performance in terms of both technical and economic efficiency. My observations confirm that in most cases such demands are successfully met by the implementation of highly effective practices. Thus I challenge several beliefs about industrial management in Russia, including the myths that Russian firms are hostile towards knowledge sharing and are wary of talent.

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  • Igor Gurkov, 2014. "Management practices in Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of foreign multinational corporations: challenging some beliefs about contemporary Russian industrial management," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(2), pages 220-240, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pocoec:v:26:y:2014:i:2:p:220-240
    DOI: 10.1080/14631377.2014.904108
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    1. Igor Gurkov & Michael J. Morley, 2022. "Anticipated Trajectories Of Development In Global Industries And The Evolution Of Corporate Parenting Styles Of Multinational Corporations," HSE Working papers WP BRP 65/MAN/2022, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    2. Igor Gurkov & Michael J. Morley, 2021. "Looking In The Rear-View Mirror: A Thirty-Five Year Retrospective On The Russian Automotive Industry," HSE Working papers WP BRP 64/MAN/2021, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    3. Igor Gurkov, 2015. "Russian Manufacturing Subsidiaries of Western Multinational Corporations: Support from Parents and Cooperation with Sister-Subsidiaries," HSE Working papers WP BRP 37/MAN/2015, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    4. Igor Gurkov & Evgeniy Morgunov & Zokirzhon Saidov & Alexander Arshavsky, 2018. "Perspectives of Manufacturing Subsidiaries of Foreign Companies in Russia: Frontier, Faubourg or Sticks?," Foresight and STI Governance (Foresight-Russia till No. 3/2015), National Research University Higher School of Economics, vol. 12(2), pages 24-35.
    5. Igor Gurkov, 2016. "Human resource management in Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of multinational corporations," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(3), pages 353-372, July.
    6. Igor Gurkov, 2016. "Oriflame CIS: The Successful Evolution of a Regional Subsidiary’s Mandate," HSE Working papers WP BRP 50/MAN/2016, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    7. Vincent Montenero, 2018. "Russia's Integration to the Globalized Automotive System: Solutions Adopted by Multinationals and Impact on the Local Industrial Environment," European Journal of Business Science and Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, vol. 4(1), pages 31-47.

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