The Soviet Legacy and its Transformation in the Russian IT Field

Markku Lonkila

Chapter 4 in Networks in the Russian Market Economy, 2011, pp 48-76 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Unlike many other fields of contemporary Russian industry, the IT sector was not built on the relics of Soviet enterprises but on the significant scientific, human, and social resources of the new Russian entrepreneurs. Despite this relative independence of the IT field from the traditional Soviet economy, our respondents live and work in a society that is still influenced by the socialist past in several ways.

Keywords: Organize Crime; Personal Network; Criminal Group; Taxi Driver; Socialist System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230294936_4

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