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The Informal Organization of the Soviet Firm

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  • Joseph S. Berliner

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I. Introduction, 342. — II. Sources and reliability, 343. — III. Goals of managerial behavior: premia, profits, the quiet life, 347. — IV. Informal behavior principles of management: the safety factor, simulation, blat, 353. — V. Expectations facilitating informal methods, 358. — VI. Characteristics of the economic system, 361. — VII. Conclusion, 364.

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  • Joseph S. Berliner, 1952. "The Informal Organization of the Soviet Firm," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 66(3), pages 342-365.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:66:y:1952:i:3:p:342-365.
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    1. Steven L. Sampson, 1987. "The Second Economy of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 493(1), pages 120-136, September.
    2. Bernabè, Sabine. & Singh, Andréa Menefee,, 2002. "A profile of informal employment : the case of Georgia," ILO Working Papers 993551923402676, International Labour Organization.
    3. Lehmbruch, B., 2012. "Transacting in the absence of trust : Uncertainty and network patterns in post-communism," ISS Working Papers - General Series 539, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
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    7. Roland, Gerard & Sekkat, Khalid, 2000. "Managerial career concerns, privatization and restructuring in transition economies," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 44(10), pages 1857-1872, December.
    8. Lazareva Olga, "undated". "Adjusting Boundaries of Russian Firms," EERC Working Paper Series 04-08e, EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS.
    9. Yakovlev, Andrei, 1999. "Black cash tax evasion in Russia : Its forms, incetives and consequences at firm level," BOFIT Discussion Papers 3/1999, Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition.

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