Papers by Sergey Zaverskiy
Advances in systems science and applications, Sep 22, 2017
This paper aims to analyze the impediments to the development of entrepreneurship in Russia from ... more This paper aims to analyze the impediments to the development of entrepreneurship in Russia from the institutional perspective. To describe the institutional environment we use a concept of a three-dimensional institutional profile which classifies the institutions into three types: regulatory, cognitive and normative. These three dimensions imply three bases of legitimacy: entrepreneurship can be legitimized if it conforms to legal requirements (regulatory dimension), if it is seen as legitimate through a common frame of reference (cognitive dimension) and if it conforms to the existent moral base (normative dimension). We argue that one of the impediments to entrepreneurship development in Russia is that it is not seen as legitimate enough by the society at large. We explore the foundations for this through the regulatory dimension (the dynamic of the legal legitimation of entrepreneurial activity from the Soviet epoch to the present times), in the cognitive dimension (the stereotype of entrepreneur and its origins), and in the normative dimension (basic assumptions which relate to the fundamental moral dimensions of entrepreneurial activity: assumptions about money, wealth, and work).
Social Science Research Network, May 22, 2012
Three decades ago environmental protection was perceived by businesses as an additional cost-gene... more Three decades ago environmental protection was perceived by businesses as an additional cost-generating activity, but nowadays the idea that environmental policies can be profit-generating is gaining wider recognition. In Russia the environmental policy of many companies still follows the old "end-of-pipe" paradigm. However, changes in national government regulations, shifts in public opinion and international environmental initiatives force some companies to change their attitude to environment protection. Our study is focused on an analysis of environmental policies of three Russian companies: UC RUSAL, world leader in aluminum production, GAZ Group, the largest vehicle producer in Russia, and Baikalsk TsBK, a pulp and paper producer. We examine the development of environmental responsibility within these companies and the relationship between their business goals and environment protection tasks. We reveal the positive and negative effects of environmental activities and the problems the companies face while developing and implementing their environmental policies. On the basis of these cases we suggest government policy implications for emerging economies, which must include a change in priorities-from imposing penalties and environmental payments to creating new incentives for business on the basis of private-public partnerships.
Procedia Engineering, 2017
Despite the fact that Russia has the largest territory in the world, Russian economy is one of th... more Despite the fact that Russia has the largest territory in the world, Russian economy is one of the most centralized nowadays. Urbanization processes in the country was very unbalanced and leaded to the situation when all resources of the country are concentrated in one city-Moscow. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the results of the overconcentration of the urbanization process with the case of Moscow in Russia. The results prove that highly centralized urbanization process hampers sustainable development of the country. The results of the paper can be used for further discussions about proper balance in urbanization process.
European Journal of International Management, 2016
This study aims to discover the deep-lying assumptions about money, wealth and work that constitu... more This study aims to discover the deep-lying assumptions about money, wealth and work that constitute the moral base of entrepreneurship, and define whether entrepreneurial activities are seen as legitimate within a specific culture. Legitimation is considered from the perspective of the country's threedimensional institutional profile which classifies the institutions into three types: regulatory, cognitive and normative. A 16-item money, wealth and work scale was developed to measure the beliefs constituting the normative dimension in Russia. The scale was then used to explore the connections between the normative, cognitive and regulatory dimensions of the institutional environment and the overall attitude to entrepreneurship. The findings suggest that the attitude to entrepreneurship is defined primarily by the perception of ethics connected with wealth accumulation and that the negative stereotype of the entrepreneur, reinforced by the inconsistency of business legislation, inhibits legitimation of entrepreneurship in Russia.
Three decades ago environmental protection was perceived by businesses as an additional cost-gene... more Three decades ago environmental protection was perceived by businesses as an additional cost-generating activity, but nowadays the idea that environmental policies can be profit-generating is gaining wider recognition. In Russia the environmental policy of many companies still follows the old "end-of-pipe" paradigm. However, changes in national government regulations, shifts in public opinion and international environmental initiatives force some companies to change their attitude to environment protection. Our study is focused on an analysis of environmental policies of three Russian companies: UC RUSAL, world leader in aluminum production, GAZ Group, the largest vehicle producer in Russia, and Baikalsk TsBK, a pulp and paper producer. We examine the development of environmental responsibility within these companies and the relationship between their business goals and environment protection tasks. We reveal the positive and negative effects of environmental activities and the problems the companies face while developing and implementing their environmental policies. On the basis of these cases we suggest government policy implications for emerging economies, which must include a change in priorities-from imposing penalties and environmental payments to creating new incentives for business on the basis of private-public partnerships.
Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 2012
Three decades ago environmental protection was perceived by businesses as an additional cost-gene... more Three decades ago environmental protection was perceived by businesses as an additional cost-generating activity, but nowadays the idea that environmental policies can be profit-generating is gaining wider recognition. In Russia the environmental policy of many companies still follows the old "end-of-pipe" paradigm. However, changes in national government regulations, shifts in public opinion and international environmental initiatives force some companies to change their attitude to environment protection. Our study is focused on an analysis of environmental policies of three Russian companies: UC RUSAL, world leader in aluminum production, GAZ Group, the largest vehicle producer in Russia, and Baikalsk TsBK, a pulp and paper producer. We examine the development of environmental responsibility within these companies and the relationship between their business goals and environment protection tasks. We reveal the positive and negative effects of environmental activities and the problems the companies face while developing and implementing their environmental policies. On the basis of these cases we suggest government policy implications for emerging economies, which must include a change in priorities-from imposing penalties and environmental payments to creating new incentives for business on the basis of private-public partnerships.
Advances in systems science and applications, 2017
This paper aims to analyze the impediments to the development of entrepreneurship in Russia from ... more This paper aims to analyze the impediments to the development of entrepreneurship in Russia from the institutional perspective. To describe the institutional environment we use a concept of a three-dimensional institutional profile which classifies the institutions into three types: regulatory, cognitive and normative. These three dimensions imply three bases of legitimacy: entrepreneurship can be legitimized if it conforms to legal requirements (regulatory dimension), if it is seen as legitimate through a common frame of reference (cognitive dimension) and if it conforms to the existent moral base (normative dimension). We argue that one of the impediments to entrepreneurship development in Russia is that it is not seen as legitimate enough by the society at large. We explore the foundations for this through the regulatory dimension (the dynamic of the legal legitimation of entrepreneurial activity from the Soviet epoch to the present times), in the cognitive dimension (the stereot...
Procedia Engineering, 2017
Three decades ago environmental protection was perceived by businesses as an additional cost-gene... more Three decades ago environmental protection was perceived by businesses as an additional cost-generating activity, but nowadays the idea that environmental policies can be profit-generating is gaining wider recognition. In Russia the environmental policy of many companies still follows the old "end-of-pipe" paradigm. However, changes in national government regulations, shifts in public opinion and international environmental initiatives force some companies to change their attitude to environment protection. Our study is focused on an analysis of environmental policies of three Russian companies: UC RUSAL, world leader in aluminum production, GAZ Group, the largest vehicle producer in Russia, and Baikalsk TsBK, a pulp and paper producer. We examine the development of environmental responsibility within these companies and the relationship between their business goals and environment protection tasks. We reveal the positive and negative effects of environmental activities and the problems the companies face while developing and implementing their environmental policies. On the basis of these cases we suggest government policy implications for emerging economies, which must include a change in priorities-from imposing penalties and environmental payments to creating new incentives for business on the basis of private-public partnerships.
Onati Socio Legal Series, 2012
<p>Three decades ago environmental protection was perceived by businesses as an additional ... more <p>Three decades ago environmental protection was perceived by businesses as an additional cost-generating activity, but nowadays the idea that environmental policies can be profit-generating is gaining wider recognition. In Russia the environmental policy of many companies still follows the old &ldquo;end-of-pipe&rdquo; paradigm. However, changes in national government regulations, shifts in public opinion and international environmental initiatives force some companies to change their attitude to environment protection. Our study is focused on an analysis of environmental policies of three Russian companies: UC RUSAL, world leader in aluminum production, GAZ Group, the largest vehicle producer in Russia, and Baikalsk TsBK, a pulp and paper producer. We examine the development of environmental responsibility within these companies and the relationship between their business goals and environment protection tasks. We reveal the positive and negative effects of environmental activities and the problems the companies face while developing and implementing their environmental policies. On the basis of these cases we suggest government policy implications for emerging economies, which must include a change in priorities &ndash; from imposing penalties and environmental payments to creating new incentives for business on the basis of private-public partnerships.</p> <hr /><p>Hace tres d&eacute;cadas las empresas percib&iacute;an la protecci&oacute;n del medio ambiente como un coste adicional a su actividad, pero hoy en d&iacute;a, la idea de que las pol&iacute;ticas ambientales pueden generar beneficio est&aacute; cobrando mayor reconocimiento. En Rusia, la pol&iacute;tica medioambiental de muchas empresas todav&iacute;a sigue el antiguo paradigma de "tubo terminal". Sin embargo, los cambios en las regulaciones del gobierno nacional y en la opini&oacute;n p&uacute;blica, y las iniciativas medioambientales internacionales han obligado a algunas empresas a cambiar su actitud hacia la protecci&oacute;n del medio ambiente [...]
European J. of International Management, 2016
This study aims to discover the deep-lying assumptions about money, wealth and work that constitu... more This study aims to discover the deep-lying assumptions about money, wealth and work that constitute the moral base of entrepreneurship, and define whether entrepreneurial activities are seen as legitimate within a specific culture. Legitimation is considered from the perspective of the country's three-dimensional institutional profile which classifies the institutions into three types: regulatory, cognitive and normative. A 16-item money, wealth and work scale was developed to measure the beliefs constituting the normative dimension in Russia. The scale was then used to explore the connections between the normative, cognitive and regulatory dimensions of the institutional environment and the overall attitude to entrepreneurship. The findings suggest that the attitude to entrepreneurship is defined primarily by the perception of ethics connected with wealth accumulation and that the negative stereotype of the entrepreneur, reinforced by the inconsistency of business legislation, inhibits legitimation of entrepreneurship in Russia.
Advances in Systems Science and Applications, 2017
This paper aims to analyze the impediments to the development of entrepreneurship in Russia from ... more This paper aims to analyze the impediments to the development of entrepreneurship in Russia from the institutional perspective. To describe the institutional environment we use a concept of a three-dimensional institutional profile which classifies the institutions into three types: regulatory, cognitive and normative. These three dimensions imply three bases of legitimacy: entrepreneurship can be legitimized if it conforms to legal requirements (regulatory dimension), if it is seen as legitimate through a common frame of reference (cognitive dimension) and if it conforms to the existent moral base (normative dimension). We argue that one of the impediments to entrepreneurship development in Russia is that it is not seen as legitimate enough by the society at large. We explore the foundations for this through the regulatory dimension (the dynamic of the legal legitimation of entrepreneurial activity from the Soviet epoch to the present times), in the cognitive dimension (the stereot...
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