Entrepreneurship in Russia and China: The Impact of Formal Institutional Voids

By Sheila M. Puffer, Daniel J. McCarthy, Max Boisot. 2010

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Subfields: Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Institutional deterioration and entrepreneurial investment: The role of political connections (2017, background): “…in recent years as scholars recognize how a vibrant entrepreneurship community is necessary in developing a middle class and meeting the needs of underserved individuals (Bruton et al., 2013; Hwang and Powell, 2005; Jennings et al., 2013; Puffer et al., 2010; Valdez and Richardson, 2013).”
The Influence of Formal and Informal Institutional Voids on Entrepreneurship (2020, background): “While formal institutional voids have received more attention (Khanna & Palepu, 1997; Puffer et al., 2010), scholars have taken a more simplified view of informal institutions as serving as compensatory mechanisms for formal institutional voids (Peng & Khoury, 2008; Webb, Ireland, & Ketchen, 2014;…”
Institutional Strategies in Emerging Markets (2015, background): “Recent studies, for example, have shown that property protection and 39 intellectual property rights regulations are “essential to entrepreneurship” in developed market economies (Puffer et al., 2010: 443).”
Institutional environment, innovation capacity and firm performance in Russia (2013, background): “Corruption in Russia is considered to be one of the most challenging institutional impairments that cripple the government’s role in providing basic services for its constituents, including the business sector (Puffer et al., 2009; Aidis et al., 2008; Ahlstrom and Bruton, 2010).”
Entrepreneurship in China (2018, neutral): “Hence, attention should also be paid to the impact of informal institutions such as culture and social capital/networks, as in China entrepreneurial activities are often embedded in and co-shaped by formal and informal institutional arrangements (Puffer et al. 2010).”
All you need is trust? A critical review of the trust and entrepreneurship literature (2012, background): “…personal trust, such as blat or guanxi, as has been demonstrated in post-socialist and developing countries (e.g. Batjargal, 2003, 2006, 2010; Ledeneva, 1998, 2006; Leff, 1979; Manolova and Yan, 2002; Puffer et al., 2010; Raiser et al., 2003; Smallbone and Welter, 2009a, 2009b; Tan et al., 2009).”
Understanding place-based entrepreneurship in rural Central Europe: A comparative institutional analysis (2014, background): “Welter and Smallbone (2011) and Puffer et al. (2010), among others, underline how institutional voids in emerging markets and transition economies often reflect high risk and uncertainty, but also that these challenging environments can stimulate new forms of entrepreneurship.”
Country-level institutions, firm value, and the role of corporate social responsibility initiatives (2017, background): “In particular, managers may rely on trust and reputation-building within networks as well as informal agreements and connections to overcome weak institutions (Narayanan & Fahey, 2005; Puffer et al., 2010).”