Elitsa R. Banalieva

Regional and Global Alliance Network Structures of Triad Multinational Enterprises

This study analyzes the structure of regional and global alli‐ance networks of multinationals. It examines the network structure of 172 Triad (U.S., Western European, and Japanese) multinationals during 2001‐2003 and how it affects subsequent corporate performance during 2004‐2006. We study a framework of regional/global strategies based on the social network view of relational ties among firms. Thus, we offer a new perspective to the growing literatures on the regional/global strategies and internationalization of alliance networks.

The impact of communist imprint prevalence on the risk-taking propensity of successful Russian entrepreneurs

Scholars debate whether entrepreneurs socialised under communism exhibit an increased or subdued risk-taking propensity after that experience. Some note that communism discouraged standing out and thus risk-taking, while others counter that communism necessitated risk-taking to survive. We reconcile this debate by differentiating between reformist and hard-line communist imprints. In so doing, we extend communist imprinting theory by introducing the concept of imprint prevalence and studying how the degree to which one type of communist imprint prevailed over the other affects the subsequent risk-taking propensity of successful Russian entrepreneurs. Our findings also have implications for entrepreneurship in other transition and emerging economies.

Toward a Theory of Speed of Socialist Imprinting Decay

We draw from insights in the neo-institutional and evolutionary economics literatures to develop a Theory of Speed of Socialist Imprinting Decay that extends existing theory in three new directions...