Private sector management: the case of Russia

摘要

In the past decade, Russia has been moving from economic and political so- cialism toward economic and political de- mocracy characterized by market principles of supply and demand. Until August 1998, Russia's small business sec- Tor was growing rapidly and dealing with The associated chaotic and often inconsis- Tent economic transformation creatively, Opportunistically and mostly off-the- Books. This rapid growth came to an Abrupt halt when Russia devalued the ru- Ble by 183 percent in August 1998.