Organizational life-cycle: The characteristics of developmental stages in Russian companies created from scratch

Artikel

Although plenty of organizational life-cycle research in developed countries may be found in the literature, there is a remarkable lack of such research for transition economies like Russia. This article presents the results of 593 Russian entrepreneurial firms surveyed with a focus on organizational lifecycle issues. A model of the life-cycle was developed including three stages: start-up, growth and formalization. It is found that the development of Russian newly established companies is characterized by an unusually slow change of centralization and formalization level as the firm moves from one stage to another and by preserving the owner's control over the firm even after the transition to professional management.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Journal for East European Management Studies ; ISSN: 0949-6181 ; Volume: 14 ; Year: 2009 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 65-85 ; Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Management
• Subject: organisational life-cycle ; entrepreneurship ; developmental stages ; Russia

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Shirokova, Galina
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Rainer Hampp Verlag
• (where): Mering
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/84074
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET