Doctoral Dissertation Research: Organizational Responses to State Failure: Small Russian Firms and Their Attempts to Cope with the Strange New World

SE-0221100PI(S)：迈耶·凯斯滕鲍姆·埃琳娜·维诺格拉多娃马里兰大学公园上个世纪欧洲或亚洲发生的最深刻的重大变化之一是共产主义的垮台和随后前苏联国家向资本主义的过渡。这篇博士论文改进赠款研究了由于俄罗斯国家在其经济中角色的变化而导致的组织适应和商业实践的变化。该项目侧重于小型个体企业，特别是俄罗斯小企业与其贸易伙伴和俄罗斯政府之间的关系。在西方国家，法律制度和公共当局为财产权和合同提供保障，但在俄罗斯，国家执法机构无法提供同样的保护。这项研究的目的是明确国家执法的不足如何影响当代俄罗斯中小型私营企业的商业实践，制定什么样的非正式执法战略，并追踪这些战略的根源及其对俄罗斯资本主义建设的影响。这位博士论文候选人将面试俄罗斯圣彼得堡72家中小企业的所有者和经理。结构化访谈将用于收集有关观点和做法的信息。作为试点研究的一部分，这些数据将与对圣彼得堡18家小型私营公司的所有者和管理人员进行的类似访谈结合起来。

SES-0221100PI(s): Meyer Kestnbaum Elena Vinogradova University of Maryland College ParkOne of the major most profound changes to occur in Europe or Asia in the past century was the fall of communism and the subsequent transition to capitalism of the former Soviet countries. This Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant examines organizational adaptation and change in business practices resulting from the changing role of the Russian state in its economy. The project focuses on small individual enterprises, and in particular on relationships between Russian small firms and their trading partners and the Russian state. In western countries the legal system and public authorities guarantee property rights and contracts, but in Russian state enforcement institutions are unable to provide these same protections. The goal of the study is to specify how the inadequacies of state enforcement affects business practices among small and medium sized privately owned business firms in contemporary Russia, what kind of informal enforcement strategies develop, and to trace the roots of these strategies and the implications they may have for the building of capitalism in Russia. The dissertation candidate will interview owners and managers of 72 small and medium-sized firms in St. Petersburg, Russia. Structured interviews will be used to gather information on views and practices. This data will be integrated with similar interviews conducted with owner and managers of 18 small private firms in St. Petersburg as part of a pilot study.