Networks in the Russian Market Economy [Hardcover]

A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. This book examines the significance of networks among the firms operative in the contemporary Russian software industry in the St. Petersburg region.Preface Introduction Using Networks to find out about Networks The Evolution of Russia's IT Sector The Soviet Legacy and its Transformation in the Russian IT Field Social Milieus and Personal Network Growth in the St. Petersburg IT Industry The Types of Economic Resources Transmitted Through the Networks of St.Petersburg IT Professionals Social Mechanisms Governing the Informal Transactions between Russian IT Managers The Spirit of Russian IT Capitalism Conclusions A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org.MARKKU LONKILA?is an Academy of Finland Research Fellow working at the Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki. His research interests include social networks, the role of information and communications technology in the social, political and economic development of Russia, and the study of Russian civic activism in a comparative perspective.CC BY-NC-ND 3.0Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if you modified the licensed material. You do not have permission under this license to share adapted material derived from this book or parts of it. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book's Creative Coml)