Open AccessOrganizational Innovation: Hidden Reserve in the Soviet Economy
Author(s) -
Vladimir Shlapentokh,
Vladimir Konto
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
the carl beck papers in russian and east european studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2163-839X
pISSN - 0889-275X
DOI - 10.5195/cbp.1986.27
Subject(s) - ideology , economic system , politics , power (physics) , organizational change , business , industrial organization , economics , market economy , political economy , political science , public relations , physics , quantum mechanics , law
This paper explores those characteristics of the Soviet economy which help it survive and grow despite its well-known structural deficiencies: its ability to change itself, to adapt to new conditions, and to improve. This is accomplished through the introduction and diffusion of organizational innovations. Organizational innovations are changes in the ways individual efforts are coordinated and stimulated. Their introduction may serve the goals of improving economic efficiency, increasing political power, or promoting ideology.