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Set in a remote district of villagers and nomadic pastoralists in the northernmost part of Mongolia, this book introduces a local world where social relationships are cast in witchcraft-like idioms of mistrust and suspicion. While the apparent social breakdown that followed the collapse of state socialism in Mongolia often implied a chaotic lack of social cohesion, this ethnography reveals an everyday universe where uncertain relations are as much internally cultivated in indigenous Mongolian perceptions of social relatedness, as they are externally confronted in postsocialist surroundings of unemployment and diminished social security.


Social Capital and Strategy Effectiveness: An Empirical Study of Entrepreneurial Ventures in a Transition Economy Social Capital and Strategy Effectiveness: An Empirical Study of Entrepreneurial Ventures in a Transition Economy

Автор: I. Manev

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Although new ventures’ competitive positioning and their founders’ social networks are both recognized as important in the context of transition economies, not much is known about their multiplicative effect on performance. We build on the strategic management literature and social network theory to develop theoretical predictions about the role of competitive strategies and social capital for entrepreneurial performance. These are tested with survey data from Bulgaria. We find that both the venture’s competitive strategic positioning and the founder’s networking positively influence performance. The hypothesized moderating effect of networking for the relationship between differentiation strategy and performance received only tentative support. Contrary to expectations, we find a negative moderating effect of networking for the relationship of cost leadership with performance. These results suggest that the entrepreneur’s network plays a role in shaping how strategies influence performance by possibly upholding differentiation and deemphasizing cost leadership strategy. Implications for managerial practice and public policy are discussed.


Theorie des richesses sociales. T. 1 Theorie des richesses sociales. T. 1

Автор: Frederic Skarbek

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Theorie des richesses sociales : Tome 1 : suivie d'une bibliographie de l'economie politique / par le Comte Frederic Skarbek».


Theorie des lois sociales Theorie des lois sociales

Автор: J. F. de Brie

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Theorie des lois sociales / par J.F. Dauray de Brie».


Theorie des richesses sociales. T. 2 Theorie des richesses sociales. T. 2

Автор: Frederic Skarbek

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Theorie des richesses sociales : Tome 2 : suivie d'une bibliographie de l'economie politique / par le Comte Frederic Skarbek».


Histoire de la Sorbonne dans laquelle on voit l'insluence de la Theologie sur l'ordre social. T. 1 Histoire de la Sorbonne dans laquelle on voit l'insluence de la Theologie sur l'ordre social. T. 1

Автор: J. Duvernet

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Histoire de la Sorbonne dans laquelle on voit l'insluence de la Theologie sur l'ordre social. T. 1 / par M. l'Abbe J. Duvernet».