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Comparative Social Capital: Networks of Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists in China and Russia

Part of: Guanxi Collection Cross Cultural Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

Bat Batjargal
Bat Batjargal*
Affiliation:
Harvard University, USA Peking University, China
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Abstract

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I compare networks of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in China and Russia by examining professional social networks of software entrepreneurs and private equity investors from the perspectives of institutional theory and culture paradigm. In the empirical study, I draw on survey data from Beijing and Moscow based on interviews of 159 software entrepreneurs and 124 venture capital decisions. I found that professional networks of the Chinese software entrepreneurs are smaller, denser and more homogeneous in educational specializations, compared with the networks of Russian entrepreneurs. Furthermore, I found that both ties and interpersonal trust in the referral tie are stronger in China than in Russia.

Keywords

China and Russiacultureentrepreneurinstitutionsocial capital制度文化社会资本创业者中国和俄罗斯。
Type
Articles
Information
Management and Organization Review , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , November 2007 , pp. 397 - 419
Copyright
Copyright © International Association for Chinese Management Research 2007

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