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Robustness and Flexibility of Human Resource Management Practices: The Results of a Repeated Survey of Russian Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations
Employee Relations. 2017. Vol. 39. No. 5. P. 594-625.
In this article, we discuss the robustness and flexibility of human resource management (HRM) practices in the Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of multinational corporations (MNCs) facing the difficult economic conditions in the host country. We summarize the identified prevailing arrangements of HRM practices in in the Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of MNCs from previous studies and explain how these arrangements are related to the attempts to transfer high performance working practice principles and modern manufacturing to Russia. We also describe changes to the prevailing HRM arrangements from 2014 to 2016.
Gurkov I. B., Kokorina A. O., Saidov Z. et al., Thunderbird International Business Review 2021 Vol. 63 No. 2 P. 145-157
We explore the meaning of rituals of public plant-opening ceremonies, which are popular in many countries and mandatory in Russia for greenfield investment projects implemented by multinational corporations. The study is based on the analysis of videos from the public opening ceremonies supplemented with the analysis of financial data on the studied industrial projects. We ...
Added: July 11, 2019
Gurkov I. B., Post-Communist Economies 2016 Vol. 28 No. 3 P. 353-372
This paper reports the results of a survey of top executives at Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of multinational corporations (MNCs). We examine the prevailing types of job contacts and the use of monetary and non-monetary benefits and compare such arrangements with those in locally owned industrial companies. We also reveal differences in human resource management (HRM) ...
Added: July 7, 2015
Gurkov I. B., Verona : Conoscere Eurasia Edizioni, 2016
This report presents the recent development of manufcaturing subsidiaries of multinational corporations in Russia and indicates some promising opportunities of their development. ...
Added: October 11, 2016
Gurkov I. B., Global Business and Organizational Excellence 2016 Vol. 35 No. 4 P. 44-54
Oriflame CIS, a regional subsidiary of a Swedish beauty and cosmetics company operating in the countries of the former Soviet Union, generated 43 percent of global sales and 62.2 percent of operating profits for the parent company in 2014—despite the fact that markets in Russia and Ukraine were stagnant or declining. Using an attractive remuneration ...
Added: April 5, 2016
Gurkov I. B., Morgounov E. B., Организационная психология 2018 Т. 8 № 2 С. 86-118
Purpose. The goal of the study is to generate evidence on an underexplored phenomenon of international business. Study design. The study is based on the analysis of publicly available videos de-voted to formal plant opening ceremonies by foreign multinational corporations in Russia. In total, 119 videos devoted to openings of 56 industrial facilities were studied. ...
Added: June 27, 2018
Gurkov I. B., Saidov Z., Journal of East-West Business 2017 Vol. 23 No. 2 P. 171-193
This paper provides a critical analysis of the current strategic actions of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations (MNCs). We retraced the content of strategic actions in various aspects of subsidiary management implemented during 2015–2016 and the activities of strategists of different ranks. We found that some actions implemented during 2014–2016 by MNCs in ...
Added: January 30, 2017
Gurkov I. B., Kokorina A. O., Saidov Z., Eurasian Geography and Economics 2018 Vol. 59 No. 5-6 P. 585-605
This paper reports on the performance dynamics of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of
foreign multinational corporations that were established in 2012-2016. We collected
balance sheets, annual income statements, and other annual reports of the representative
sample (141 plants) of the general population of manufacturing plants opened in Russia by
foreign multinational corporations in 2012-2016 (196 plants); further, we performed an
analysis ...
Added: January 21, 2019
Gurkov I. B., Eurasian Geography and Economics 2016 Vol. 57 No. 2 P. 161-179
Using a series of interviews with the heads of Russian subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations and a unique database registering the openings of their new manufacturing plants in Russia during 2014-2015, we trace the changing demography, geography, and economics of foreign direct investments in industrial assets in Russia. We demonstrate that foreign companies in general ...
Added: May 11, 2016
Gurkov I. B., Baltic Rim Economies 2016 No. 1 P. 34-34
The current business life of Western MNCs in Russia is full of paradoxes. For example, in the irst nine months of 2015, the local production of cars decreased by 24% comparing to the same period of 2014, but in 2015 Western MNCs opened in Russia nine new factories related to car production (engines, care parts ...
Added: February 29, 2016
Gurkov I. B., Morgunov E., Saidov Z. et al., Foresight and STI Governance 2018 Vol. 12 No. 2 P. 24-35
We present the dynamics of the position of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western MNCs in 2012–2016. The analysis is based on interviews with the heads of subsidiaries, a repeated survey of plant managers and on secondary data on subsidiaries’ activities. We propose a new portfolio model that desalinates “the core” and “the periphery” of the ...
Added: November 1, 2019
Gurkov I. B., / Высшая школа экономики. Series MAN "Management". 2016. No. 50.
Oriflame CIS, a regional subsidiary of a Swedish beauty and cosmetics company operating in the countries of the former Soviet Union, generated 43 percent of global sales and 62.2 percent of operating profits for the parent company in 2014—despite the fact that markets in Russia and Ukraine were stagnant or declining. Using an attractive remuneration ...
Added: February 1, 2016
Gurkov I. B., Morgounov E. B., Saidov Z. et al., Форсайт 2018 Т. 12 № 2 С. 24-35
We present the dynamics of the position of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western MNCs in 2012–2016. The analysis is based on interviews with the heads of subsidiaries, a repeated survey of plant managers and on secondary data on subsidiaries’ activities. We propose a new portfolio model that desalinates “the core” and “the periphery” of the ...
Added: June 28, 2018
Gurkov I. B., Kokorina A. O., Saidov Z., Global Business and Organizational Excellence 2018 Vol. 37 No. 5 P. 6-13
Opening ceremonies for new manufacturing plants are commonplace and yet, they
are surprisingly under-documented. Although these ceremonies may, at first glance,
appear to simply serve as celebrations to mark the successful completion of an industrial
project, they are based on symbolic actions, and usually very well planned
and executed. Consequently, their underlying meaning is more complex. A study of
the ...
Added: April 24, 2018
Gurkov I. B., / Высшая школа экономики. Series MAN "Management". 2020. No. WP BRP 62/MAN/2020.
According to UNCTAD, the global number of foreign direct investment projects in manufacturing announced in 2018 reached 8049 (UNCTAD, 2019: 9-10). Although the real number of realized projects will be much smaller in 2020-2021 because of the global fall of foreign direct investments (UNCTAD, 2020: xi) the overall number of newly installed factories will be ...
Added: September 22, 2020
Gurkov I. B., Filippov S., Journal of East - West Business 2013 Vol. 19 No. 4 P. 260-290
The extant literature acknowledges the role of overseas subsidiaries in the growth and development of multinational companies (MNCs). Such subsidiaries are viewed as critical players in the innovation process at MNCs. This topic remains largely underresearched in the Russian context. This study aims to fill this gap by examining the dynamics of the innovation process ...
Added: November 2, 2013
Gurkov I. B., Saidov Z., Journal of Eurasian Studies 2021 Vol. 12 No. 2 P. 155-168
This paper retraces the development of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations from the late 1980s until 2019. Using secondary sources and a unique hand-crafted database on significant extensions of manufacturing facilities of Western multinational corporations in Russia during 2012–2018, we present the position of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations before and ...
Added: January 26, 2020
Gurkov I. B., Kokorina A. O., Saidov Z., / Высшая школа экономики. Series MAN "Management". 2018. No. 59.
Opening ceremonies of oversea manufacturing facilities of multinational corporations serve, at the first glance, just as festivities upon successful completion of important industrial projects, but their real meaning is mutual acceptance by foreign investors and by the authorities of host country largely different criteria of efficiency of newly erected facilities. In this respect, public expression ...
Added: March 6, 2018
Gurkov I. B., Employee Relations 2015
The paper presents the results of a survey in Russian manifacturing subsidairies of Western multinational companies (MNCs) using some instruments of the CRANET survey of comparative human resource management practices. We found high similiarity of HRM practices of Russian manufacturing subsidiaries that reflect the similar tasks and comparable efficiency of operations of the surveyed manufacturing ...
Added: March 12, 2015
Gurkov I. B., Kokorina A. O., Saidov Z., Journal of East-West Business 2020 Vol. 26 No. 4 P. 365-390
The paper describes a new form of investment attraction recently introduced in Russia—territories of outrunning socio- economic development (TOSEDs). These initiatives provide tax and other benefits to 20 territories in the Far East and to 90 cities in which a considerable number of jobs are concen- trated in a single factory (mono-cities). Using secondary sour- ...
Added: May 26, 2020
Gurkov I. B., Kokorina A. O., Saidov Z. et al., Journal of East-West Business 2020 Vol. 26 No. 2 P. 109-130
This study presents a snapshot of investment projects in manufacturing that were implemented
by foreign investors in Russia during 2017–2018. We assemble a unique database of all new
plants opened by foreign companies in Russia during 2012–2018 to clarify the distribution of
investment projects implemented during 2017–2018 across industries and territories with
different tax regimes. We also identify the ...
Added: October 31, 2019
Gurkov I. B., Post-Communist Economies 2014 Vol. 26 No. 2 P. 220-240
I report the results of observations of management practices in 20 Russian manufacturing subsidiaries of Western multinational corporations (MNCs). I argue that to counterbalance the higher country-specific risks associated with investing in Russia, MNCs impose on their Russian subsidiaries high demands for superior performance in terms of both technical and economic efficiency. My observations confirm ...
Added: December 5, 2013
Proskuryakova L. N., / National Research University Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Basic research program". 2015. No. 44.
The Foresight study presented in this paper is devoted to the sustainable use of water resources in Russia. The authors analyse possible trajectories of development in the three thematic areas (i) sustainability of water systems; (ii) water use by households and in industry; and (iii) new water products and services.
The Foresight methods cover expert interviews ...
Added: August 31, 2015
Proskuryakova L. N., Ермоленко Г. В., М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2017
В аналитическом докладе представлены результаты форсайт-проекта «Исследование глобальных вызовов и долгосрочных тенденций инновационного развития в сфере возобновляемых источников энергии», проведенного ИСИЭЗ НИУ ВШЭ при информационной и финансовой поддержке Группы компаний «Ренова».
Исследование было сфокусировано на трех тематических областях: преобразование энергии солнца в электрическую; преобразование энергии ветра в электрическую; преобразование энергетической биомассы в тепловую и электрическую энергию. ...
Added: April 4, 2017
L. : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2019
Modeling economic growth in contemporary Russia ...
Added: March 24, 2019