Staying in the Family: The Impact of Institutions and Mental Models on Entrepreneurship Development in Post-Soviet Transition Countries

Ruta Aidis

A chapter in Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies, 2017, pp 15-32 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the 15 newly independent countries had a decision to make: to reinstate their old economic and political ties or to enter into new economic alliances. Two main country groups emerged: the European Union (EU)-oriented and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)-oriented groups. In this chapter, we introduce the use of mental models in order to explore the possible influence of individual cognition on changing or perpetuating existing institutional arrangements and attitudes toward entrepreneurship. It is argued that CIS countries are more likely to accept commonly held Soviet-based attitudes toward institutions and entrepreneurship as the norm, further reinforced through inter-CIS-based migration and media control.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57342-7_2

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