Russian Finnish Roundwood Trade

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Russian-Finnish Roundwood Trade – Some
Empirical Evidence on Cultural Based
Differences
Natalia Vinokurova, Pekka Ollonqvist, Jari Viitanen, Päivi
Holopainen, Antti Mutanen, Vadim Goltsev and Tanja Ihalainen

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Working Papers of the Finnish Forest Research Institute 129 http://www.metla.fi/julkaisut/workingpapers/2009/mwp129.htm Authors

Vinokurova, Natalia, Ollonqvist, Pekka, Viitanen, Jari, Holopainen, Päivi, Mutanen, Antti, Goltsev,
Vadim & Ihalainen, Tanja
Title

Russian-Finnish roundwood trade – some empirical evidence on cultural based differences
Year

Pages

ISBN

ISSN

2009

36

978-951-40-2178-7 (PDF)

1795-150X

Unit / Research programme / Projects

Joensuu research unit / Distinct projects – Social impacts of forests / 3384 Development of Forest Sector in Northwest Russia and its Impacts in Finland, 3504 Russia in Flux – Impacts of Changes in Forest and
Economic Policy and Business Preconditions in Russia and Finland
Accepted by

Timo Karjalainen, Professor, 4 June 2009
Abstract

Understanding cultural differences is important and can frequently be decisive for the success in

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