Social Networks and the Emergence of the New Entrepreneurial Ventures in Russia

1987-2000

Bibliographic Data

ID2820911
AuthorsNathalia Rogers (Dowling College, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume65
Issue2
Pages295-312
Publication date2006-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1536-7150.2006.00452.x
OpenAlexW2084179205
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

This article examines the use of social networks by Russia's new entrepreneurs during venture start-up. After outlining the general historical context of economic transformation in Russia, I describe four patterns of transition to private enterprise ownership by individuals with different professional skills, different amounts of initial financial capital, and different types and extent of social networks. This description is based on an original set of data I collected during interviews with owners of small- and medium-size businesses in Russia in the late 1990s. I conclude with a discussion of how such factors as access to the initial financial capital, history of past employment, and extent and type of personal social networks mediate the risks of starting a new venture

Business · Context (archaeology) · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Entrepreneurship · Geography · New Ventures · Political science · Set (abstract data type) · Social capital · Social network (sociolinguistics) · Social science · Sociology · Venture capital · Finance · Marketing · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition · Russia and Soviet political economy · Soviet and Russian History

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