Institutions and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia: A Comparative Perspective

26 Pages Posted: 26 Sep 2007 Last revised: 19 Oct 2011

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Saul Estrin

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Ruta Aidis

University College London; University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)

Tomasz Mickiewicz

Aston University - Aston Business School

Date Written: February 1, 2007

Abstract

In this paper we use a comparative perspective to explore the ways in which institutions and networks have influenced entrepreneurial development in Russia. We utilize Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001 and 2002 to investigate the effects of the weak institutional environment in Russia on entrepreneurship, comparing it first with all available GEM country samples and second, in more detail, with Brazil and Poland. Our results provide strong evidence that Russia's institutional environment is important to explain its relatively low levels of entrepreneurship development, where the latter is measured in terms of both number of start-ups and of existing business owners. In addition, Russia's business environment contributes to the relative advantage of entrepreneurial insiders (those already in business) to entrepreneurial outsiders (newcomers) in terms of new business startups.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Institutions, Networks, Russia, Poland, Brazil

JEL Classification: P36, O17, M13

Suggested Citation

Estrin, Saul and Estrin, Saul and Aidis, Ruta and Mickiewicz, Tomasz Marek, Institutions and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia: A Comparative Perspective (February 1, 2007). William Davidson Institute, William Davidson Institute Working Paper, Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 23, pp. 656–672, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1017252 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1017252

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Tomasz Marek Mickiewicz

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