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Authors

YUdanov A. YU.

YUdanov A. YU.
Degree
D.Sc. (Economics), Professor, Financial University under Government of the Russian Federation
E-mail
yudanov@yandex.ru
Articles

Competitive advantages of the «business integrity»

As elsewhere, there are norms in the business practices regulating the relations between individual businesses. But all the circumstances the competitors can find themselves in cannot be covered by the official rules and regulations. In addition to the official rules, there is an unwritten law. Being honest in business often turns into one of the most valuable competitive advantages.
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Conquerors of blue oceans (gazel-firms in Russia)

The article studies a Gazel-firm phenomenon (companies that have been showing fast and steady growth for a long period of time). The author reveals peculiarities of their development and reasons for deviation from general tendencies that are typical of similar companies in developed economies. The article contains specific examples and the results of entrepreneurs' questionnaire answers that show reasons for exponential growth of Gazel-firms.

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Imitation as a competitive strategy

This article shows the role of imitation in shaping competitive advantages of the company. It is argued that in spite of the underestimation of the phenomenon in the economic literature, imitation may be the foundation of a number of competitive strategies used by Russian and foreign companies.

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