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• KhTsB (Armenia)
  | definition =The use of social contacts, in-laws, friends or relatives, for solving problems and getting things don ...a friend), and ''barekam'' (relative) and stands for the use of all social contacts available for solving problems and getting things done, from stronger (rela
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• Natsnoboba (Georgia)
  | definition =Informal contacts and networks ...g the social milieus of Georgian urban metropolises. The widespread use of contacts and networks, known as ''natsnoboba'' (ნაცნობობა), also t
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• Blat (Russia)
  | definition = Getting things done through personal contacts, ‘pulling strings’ and the exchange of favours ...tegory: Russia|Russia]] – [[:Category: FSU| FSU]] – [[:Category: Contacts| Contacts]] – [[:Category: Protection| Protection]] – [[:Category: Patronage| Pat
  15 KB (2,037 words) - 09:00, 17 December 2021
• Vitamin B (Germany)
  ...ls. ‘B’ in this context stands for Beziehungen, which means relationships, contacts and connections. The term is also used to mean networking or, in its most p ...monly seen as neither good nor ‘fair’ if someone exploits relationships or contacts to gain informational advantage (Dederichs 1999)<ref>Dederichs, A. 1999. Da
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• Veza (Serbia and the Balkans)
  | definition =Lit. ‘connection’, the use of informal contacts in order to obtain access to opportunities that are not available through f ...''veze'') literally means ‘connection’, and refers to the use of informal contacts in order to obtain access to opportunities that are not available through f
  14 KB (2,008 words) - 14:41, 23 May 2019
• Futbolna frakcia (Bulgaria)
  ...groups. The leader must have the necessary social contacts, which include contacts with members of the other frakcii as well as the local police authorities a
  10 KB (1,522 words) - 12:56, 26 July 2019
• Rallye mondain (France)
  ...tocracy]] – [[:Category: Community| Community]] – [[:Category: Contacts| Contacts]] – [[:Category: Facilitation| Facilitation]] – [[:Category: Influenc [[Category: Contacts]]
  11 KB (1,536 words) - 16:54, 9 November 2022
• Pituto (Chile)
  ...e main difference between them is that santos en la corte refers to having contacts of the highest hierarchical importance. Pituto, however, does not necessari
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• Vekslování (Czechoslovakia)
  ...speculation’ and ‘a crime of parasitism’ and ''veksláks'' including their contacts were carefully monitored by the StB (plainclothes communist secret police i ...Veksláks'' always had perfect knowledge of all exchange rates and had many contacts in the state apparatus and the StB (Kroupa 2017<ref>Vekslaci (2017). Pribeh
  10 KB (1,503 words) - 18:45, 31 January 2025
• Vrski (Macedonia)
  ..."font-size:1.1em;"| The use of personal networks, connections and informal contacts to obtain goods and services in Macedonia. ''Vrski'' in Macedonian can be t ...onnections is common and many Macedonians will instinctively call upon the contacts of friends and family in order to assure a beneficial outcome. Such situat
  10 KB (1,510 words) - 15:46, 17 May 2019
• Saksy (Poland)
  ...en have the knowledge, as well as ''dojścia'' and ''znajomości'' (personal contacts and acquaintances) in a given location, which predisposes them for assistin
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• Simsar, samsara (Middle East and North Africa)
  The extensive contacts and abilities of a simsar enable transactions that would be difficult or im ...h]], a practice in Azerbaijan of obtaining favours for family, friends and contacts through clientelistic channels, samsara is a market-type exchange, characte
  11 KB (1,547 words) - 11:49, 20 May 2019
• Andare in giro (Italy)
  ...also includes sourcing items directly from an extensive array of personal contacts. The materials are then cleaned, mended, and sold through various formal an ...nt for these goods. Salvagers also dedicate time and effort to cultivating contacts in their neighbourhoods, and among NGOs and small business owners around th
  11 KB (1,537 words) - 16:47, 2 November 2022
• Tanish-bilish (Uzbekistan)
  ...h'' networks of exchange. For instance, if one uses very important type of contacts in one’s ''tanish-bilish'' then this would suggest a form of balanced rec
  14 KB (1,973 words) - 14:30, 23 May 2019
• Guanxi (China)
  ...pervasive as in Mainland China. Prior to Taiwanese people re-establishing contacts with Mainland China in the 1990’s, the term ''guanxixue'' was not used in ..., which uses mobile phones to send simultaneous messages to one’s personal contacts, is uniquely favorable to the personal network form of ''guanxi''. Scholars
  15 KB (2,211 words) - 09:59, 7 August 2020
• Štela (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  | definition =Use of contacts/ informal connections to obtain goods or services ...form each ''štela'' takes depends on the person who needs a resource, the contacts available to them, and the kind of resource that is needed. For instance, w
  15 KB (2,167 words) - 14:53, 23 May 2019
• Tenderpreneur (South Africa)
  ...securing government procurement contracts to the clients lacking political contacts and willing to pay for the service ...’ is a South African colloquialism for a businessperson who uses political contacts to secure government procurement contracts (called ‘tenders’) often as
  16 KB (2,150 words) - 14:07, 30 April 2020
• Published Volumes and Analysis
  contacts, friendships, bribes, favors, cronyism, language, and other informal
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• Chelnoki (Russia and FSU)
  ...xchange’'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press</ref>), through informal contacts, or on the black market. In time, black market traders, specialising in imp ...the group. Another form of assistance included providing relevant personal contacts and advice. (Slonimski et al. 2012: <ref>Slonimski, A., Pobol, A., Linchev
  15 KB (2,074 words) - 06:19, 5 October 2020
• Tchop (Caucasus)
  ...n Dagestan, due to the diffusion of Islam orthodoxy that curtails physical contacts between non-related men and women (even if it is a physician-patient contac
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