Russian revolution or redistribution of rights -- Winners and losers in the privatisation game -- How successful are Russian companies? -- Getting into Russian firms -- Avtoelektronika -- Avtovaz -- Kondrovo Paper Company -- Norilsk Nickel -- Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill -- What can we learn about Russian firms: success and failure -- Can Russian oligarchs survive the global crisis -- What will Russia do?
Summary
It is a widely held idea that Russia has completed its revolution which brought down the Soviet economy, and that many companies after privatisation work as typical western companies. Another belief is that Russia has adopted a market economy but then reverted to authoritarianism. With these two ideas in mind, this book discusses the suggestion that the key element of post-Soviet economic and political reforms in the last two decades was the redistribution of assets from the state to oligarchs and the new elite. It looks at why most Russian companies could not achieve strong long-run corpor
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index
