TY - JOUR

T1 - Organisational life-cycle

T2 - The characteristics of developmental stages in Russian companies created from scratch

AU - Shirokova, Galina

N1 - Shirokova, G. Organisational life-cycle: The characteristics of developmental stages in Russian companies created from scratch / G. Shirokova // JOURNAL FOR EAST EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT STUDIES. - Volume 14, № 1. - P. 65-85.

PY - 2009/1/1

Y1 - 2009/1/1

N2 - Although plenty of organizational life-cycle research in developed countries may be found in the literature, there is a remarkable lack of such research for transition economies like Russia. This article presents the results of 593 Russian entrepreneurial firms surveyed with a focus on organizational lifecycle issues. A model of the life-cycle was developed including three stages: start-up, growth and formalization. It is found that the development of Russian newly established companies is characterized by an unusually slow change of centralization and formalization level as the firm moves from one stage to another and by preserving the owner's control over the firm even after the transition to professional management.

AB - Although plenty of organizational life-cycle research in developed countries may be found in the literature, there is a remarkable lack of such research for transition economies like Russia. This article presents the results of 593 Russian entrepreneurial firms surveyed with a focus on organizational lifecycle issues. A model of the life-cycle was developed including three stages: start-up, growth and formalization. It is found that the development of Russian newly established companies is characterized by an unusually slow change of centralization and formalization level as the firm moves from one stage to another and by preserving the owner's control over the firm even after the transition to professional management.

KW - Developmental stages

KW - Entrepreneurship

KW - Organisational life-cycle

KW - Russia

KW - WEB OF SCIENCE

KW - SCOPUS

KW - РОССИЙСКИЙ ИНДЕКС НАУЧНОГО ЦИТИРОВАНИЯ

KW - SCOPUS

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=76849096901&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:76849096901

VL - 14

SP - 65

EP - 85

JO - Journal of East European Management Studies

JF - Journal of East European Management Studies

SN - 0949-6181

IS - 1

ER -