The sweeping changes in the Soviet Union under perestroika demand major changes in the way business is conducted internally and externally. The move to a more market‐based economy continues to cause confusion and places serious new demands upon Soviet managers. The jobs of Soviet managers...

Purpose – Following the demise of the Soviet Union in 1992, Russia undertook major institutional and market‐oriented reforms to enhance the competitive advantage of domestic enterprises. Although Russia has experienced rapid growth over the last two decades, the extent to which institutions...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the internationalization of Russian multinationals by critically challenging existing assumptions about “springboard” foreign market selection by emerging market firms. Design/methodology/approach – The authors studied foreign market...

Purpose – This paper seeks to discover whether and how a subsidiary located in a high‐corruption host country can pursue its parent's corporate non‐corrupt strategy, rooted in a low‐corruption home country. Theoretically, it aims to apply the construct of institutional duality. It also...