...Marina Latukha; Yugui Zhang; Andrei Panibratov; Ksenia Arzhanykh; Liana Rysakova Purpose The paper aims to explore the role of talent management (TM) practices in shaping firm’s absorptive capacity (AC) in the host country. Based on the data from representatives of Chinese diaspora used in Russia...

... emerging from Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRICs), respectively. Findings – EMNEs do have competitive advantages that can underpin their expansion abroad, but these are mainly “non-traditional” advantages that have been built by finding innovative ways to leverage advantages of their home...

...Snejina Michailova; Daniel J. McCarthy; Sheila M. Puffer; Daria Panina; Leonard Bierman Purpose The rule of law and an efficient legal system are the core factors that ensure growth in BRIC economies. Weak institutions and failures with respect to the rule of law in Russia call into question its...

...Snejina Michailova; Daniel J. McCarthy; Sheila M. Puffer; Nigel Holden; Vlad Vaiman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to supply insights into talent management (TM) in Russia in the light of Soviet experience and the contemporary officially sanctioned business‐antagonistic political culture...

...; and the direct influence of the host country corruption on the subsidiary's daily business. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative analysis of interviews with executives of 27 Finnish companies (15 large MNCs and 12 small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs)) with subsidiaries in Russia was conducted...

...Snejina Michailova; Daniel J. McCarthy; Sheila M. Puffer; Doren Chadee; Banjo Roxas Purpose Following the demise of the Soviet Union in 1992, Russia undertook major institutional and market‐oriented reforms to enhance the competitive advantage of domestic enterprises. Although Russia has...

...Snejina Michailova; Daniel J. McCarthy; Sheila M. Puffer; Snejina Michailova; Daniel J. McCarthy; Sheila M. Puffer Purpose This introductory paper aims to outline the reasons for optimism as well as for skepticism in regard to Russia's position in the group of BRIC nations and in the global...

...Snejina Michailova; Daniel J. McCarthy; Sheila M. Puffer; Ruth C. May; Wayne H. Stewart, Jr Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address theory development in the context of Russia, where insights holding potential to advance knowledge sharing theory are ubiquitous. Drawing on contextual...

... arena. Design/methodology/approach A total of 33 Russian R&D organisations were selected from a sample of 138 potential participating organisations from the Central, Nord‐Western and Volga Federal Districts of Russia to take part in a qualitative interview study. Organisations were selected...

.../approach Case studies of VC emergence from South Africa, Botswana, and Russia are compared, from which a conceptual model is developed. Findings VC emerges in a process consisting of four stages: enabling, coproducing, diffusing, and replicating. The Russian case shows that these stages are linked...

... ways. The theoretical contribution in entrepreneurship literature is linked to development and testing of the SE model. It also contributes to IB literature by proposing that SE is one of the possible sources for creating a successful firm in an emerging economy context such as in Russia. © Emerald...

... of its companies to list on stock exchanges, domestically and/or internationally. The analysis takes a balanced approach. It recognizes the positive aspects from the development of Russia's stock markets and the launched and planned IPOs of Russian companies, but underscores reasons for caution...

... the impact of the geographic, political and economic distances of the host country from Russia on Russian MNEs' foreign market selection decisions. Findings Contrary to existing assumptions, the host country's geographic closeness to Russia, and its being an ex‐USSR republic or a tax haven, positively...

... potential. Particularly important here are the key markets of China, Russia, and Brazil (Beiersdorf, 2009 , p. 15). Thomas‐B. Quaas, Chairman of the Executive Board of Beiersdorf, directly mentions three of the BRIC countries as above‐average growth regions on which to focus: We intend to further...

...Gregory Schwartz Pirani , S. . Change in Putin's Russia: Power, Money and People . London : Pluto Press   2010 . 240 pp. , ISBN: 978‐0‐7453‐2690‐0 (Paperback) £16.00; 978‐0‐7453‐2691‐7 (Hardback) £54.00 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Russia...

... Soviet management practices in contemporary Russia and in conducting business with Western partners. The role of Russian business schools in reproducing, generating and disseminating knowledge is also discussed. Research limitations/implications The paper is a continuation of the discussion on issues...

... Absorptive capacity Knowledge adaptation Knowledge transfer Learning Russian companies Russian business reality Western companies Companies Russia Western Europe For a long time Russia has been perceived merely as a country with huge oil and other mineral resources. Only in recent years, have...

... transfer between Russian and Western firms. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Absorptive capacity Technical knowledge Managerial knowledge Knowledge transfer Russian companies Western companies Russia Western Europe Companies Knowledge management This paper gives a valuable...

... the mainstream (or, rather, expressed in rare papers on Russian management in A‐ and B‐level journals) conviction that a deep and wide stream of Western business knowledge is flowing to Russia, but due to the limited absorptive capacity of Russian firms that flow does not irrigate properly the somehow virgin...

.... Design/methodology/approach The interpretation of how global structures are concretely organized and sustained is based on case studies and interviews with German expatriates in Russia. The article examines two particular aspects: the contribution of expatriates in their interactive roles, on the one...