Managing Business Corruption: Targeting Non-Compliant Practices in Systemically Corrupt Environments

This article focuses on strategies of ‘managing business corruption’ at the firm level and offers insights for practitioners in systemically corrupt environments. Our study of 110 CEOs and owners of companies operating in Russia tested a new, ethnographic approach to managing corruption at a firm level. We conceptualize ‘managing business corruption’ as devising and implementing strategies that mitigate corruption-related risks in an effective way. We argue that such strategies have to target specific non-compliant practices, identified bottom-up, yet also amount to a pragmatic, problem-solving framework at the firm level, implemented top-down. Leadership is a key factor which defines effectiveness of corruption management in systemically corrupt environments. While the latter are generally conducive to tolerance and passive attitudes to corruption among business leaders, we identify proactive modes (preventive and controlling) and possible channels (formal hierarchy and informal networks) for leadership action. The proposed approach can also be used for leadership training

Managing people in Russia: Challenges for foreign investors

Thousands of foreign companies are penetrating Russian markets with strategies developed on the basis of inadequate assumptions about the country and its people. Stanislav Shekshnia examines how the most common myths about Russia such as availability of highly skilled and extremely cheap labour do not fit the reality and cause serious problems for international investors. In conclusion the author shares his views on successful strategies for Russia, based on his business and research experience.

Corruption in Russia

ISSN:1863-042

Corruption and the Rule of Law

ISSN:1863-042

The New Global Russian Business Leaders:: Lessons from a Decade of Transition

To illustrate the transition that has occurred in Russia since 1992, the authors studied Russian business leadership and entrepreneurship in a range of situations, from the transformation of a Soviet-era biscuit factory, to high-tech start-ups modeled on Western business practices. This article describes organization and leadership practices in Russia, and focuses on an emerging leadership style the authors termed "global Russian." The purpose of this research is both hindsight and foresight: by analyzing the rapid changes of the recent past, the authors seek to provide lessons on leadership that will be valuable for Russian business leaders and for those who seek to engage in working partnerships with them.Russian Culture Russian National Character Entrepreneurship in Russia Russian Leadership Styles Human Resource Management in Russia Change and Decision-Making in Eastern Europe