Introduction -- Evolving persistence : the Soviet path of industrial work in Russia (1920s-1980s) -- Still there : the industrial workplace in Russia after the market reforms -- The new times : international quality management standards in the Russian car industry -- What about the workers? :...

1. Small business owners and regional democracy -- 2. Small business owners and regional democracy : quantitative analysis -- 3. Elaborated process mapping and case selection -- 4. The Samara region : a tale of two cities -- 5. The Smolensk region : small business and the uses of adversity -- 6....

1. Demarcation of arbitrage -- 2. Models of strategy as arbitrage -- 3. Asymmetries -- 4. Arbitrage and institutions -- 5. Conditions for arbitrage -- 6. Product arbitrages -- 7. Labour arbitrage -- 8. Outsourcing arbitrage -- 9. Transfer pricing arbitrage.

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