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

SES-0221100 PI（s）：迈耶Kestnbaum埃琳娜维诺格拉多娃马里兰州大学帕克在过去的世纪，欧洲或亚洲发生的最深刻的变化之一是共产主义的垮台和随后的前苏联国家向资本主义的过渡。 这个博士论文改进补助金审查组织的适应和商业惯例的变化，导致俄罗斯国家在其经济中的作用不断变化。 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国家之间的关系。 在西方国家，法律的制度和公共当局保障财产权和合同，但在俄罗斯，国家执法机构无法提供这些同样的保护。 本研究的目的是详细说明国家执法的不足之处如何影响当代俄罗斯中小型私营企业的商业行为，什么样的非正式执法战略的发展，并追查这些战略的根源和它们可能对俄罗斯资本主义建设的影响。 论文候选人将采访俄罗斯彼得堡72家中小型公司的所有者和经理。 将使用结构化访谈收集有关观点和做法的信息。 作为试点研究的一部分，这些数据将与对彼得堡18家小型私营公司的所有者和经理进行的类似访谈相结合。

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.