Research output: Working paper
Research output: Working paper
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Stakeholder and Social Capital Approaches as Explanations for Relationships between SMEs and State Officials in Different Transition Economies
AU - Ivanova, Y
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This study targets the determination of support that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) provide to government representatives of their choice (in the form of donations, influence through their networks, information, and votes). The study tests stakeholder and social capital approaches as legitimate explanations for SMEs' relationships with state representatives in different transition economies, specifically Belarus as a state-controlled transition economy and Ukraine as a rent-seeking state (Aslund, 2002). The study shows that the stakeholder approach is sensitive to business environments and more applicable in a rent-seeking state where the parties can perceive value in their exchange. Social relations motivate the SMEs' support in both types of transition economies.
AB - This study targets the determination of support that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) provide to government representatives of their choice (in the form of donations, influence through their networks, information, and votes). The study tests stakeholder and social capital approaches as legitimate explanations for SMEs' relationships with state representatives in different transition economies, specifically Belarus as a state-controlled transition economy and Ukraine as a rent-seeking state (Aslund, 2002). The study shows that the stakeholder approach is sensitive to business environments and more applicable in a rent-seeking state where the parties can perceive value in their exchange. Social relations motivate the SMEs' support in both types of transition economies.
KW - SME
KW - state-controlled economy
KW - rent-seeking states
KW - state officials
KW - social capital
KW - stakeholders
M3 - Working paper
T3 - Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Working Paper Series
BT - Stakeholder and Social Capital Approaches as Explanations for Relationships between SMEs and State Officials in Different Transition Economies
PB - Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
CY - Lancaster University
ER -