The Population Ecology of Corporations in the Russian Empire, 1700-1914

Bibliographic Data

ID4977653
AuthorsThomas C Owens, Thomas C Owen (Louisiana State University, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume50
Issue4
Pages807-826
Publication date1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSlavic Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2500463
OpenAlexW2334020301
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

In investigations of the evolution of the corporation in Europe, North America, and the Far East, historians have illuminated variations in the structure of large enterprises in different times and places and investigated responses to legal environments. In tsarist Russia as well, the development of corporations on the national, regional, and sectoral levels was influenced by legal and economic institutions. Data on Russian corporations, however, have been inadequate for the complex statistical tests applied to the European and North American economies. This article offers a preliminary overview of trends in Russian corporate development from 1700 to 1914 in light of a new database and the recently articulated theory of organizational ecology. Although the theory provides stimulating approaches to the history of Russian corporations, it also appears unduly specific in some respects to the history of western Europe and the United States

Biology · Corporation · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Empire · Geography · Political science · Population · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography · Ecology · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy

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