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The Features of Family Business in the Country with Transitional Economy: Russian Case

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The modern economy has only few decades of history in Russia. The family business being a basic economical foundation in countries with developed economies is a relatively new phenomenon in Russia. The main objective of the research is to describe the specifics of family business in the country with no succession tradition. For the research, questionnaires and in-depth interviews were used. We have collected questionnaires from family business members and from experts, who provide consulting service for them. Results of the research are qualification of family business definition in the present Russian circumstances and discovering uncommon process of simultaneous evolution of family culture together with organizational culture of the firm.

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  1. Department of Management, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

    Korchagina Elena & Shilo Pavel

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  1. Faculty of Political Sciences, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin

  2. MUFG Union Bank, San Francisco, California, USA

    Hakan Danis

  3. Faculty of Tourism, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ender Demir

  4. Eurasia Business and Economic Society, Fatih Istanbul, Turkey

    Ugur Can

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Elena, K., Pavel, S. (2017). The Features of Family Business in the Country with Transitional Economy: Russian Case. In: Bilgin, M., Danis, H., Demir, E., Can, U. (eds) Financial Environment and Business Development. Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics, vol 4. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39919-5_24

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