Survival through networks: the 'grip' of the administrative links in the Russian post-Soviet context

Afanassieva, Marianne

Abstract

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. Based on an analysis of the post-Soviet transformation experience of four defence sector organizations in a Russian region where the defence sector occupies a substantial part of the local economy, this article develops a typology of network relationships: Grooved Inter-relationship Patterns (Gr’ip) networks and Fluid Inter-relationship Patterns (Fl’ip) networks. This typology can be applied to a range of transition/emerging market and low system trust contexts. Gr’ip networks, in this case, represent the persisting legacy of the Soviet command-administrative system. Fl’ip networks are here an attempt by the defence companies to link into the civilian supply chains of a developing market economy. This article argues that Gr’ip networks had and still have a crucial role to play in Russian enterprises’ survival and development.

Citation

Afanassieva, M. (2015). Survival through networks: the 'grip' of the administrative links in the Russian post-Soviet context. Public management review, 17(9), 1261-1281. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2014.906964

• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Apr 22, 2014
• Publication Date: Oct 21, 2015
• Deposit Date: Nov 19, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Public management review
• Print ISSN: 1471-9037
• Electronic ISSN: 1471-9045
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 1261-1281
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2014.906964
• Keywords: Networks, Trust, State-owned enterprises, Local and regional authorities, Economic transformation, Russia
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/381662
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14719037.2014.906964
• Additional Information: This is the author's accepted manuscript of an article published in Public management review, 2015, v.17 issue 9.