The Omsk river agency partnership of West Siberian shipping and trade in the Ob-Irtysh water basin (late XIX - early XX centuries)

The development of commodity-money relations in the late XIX - early XX centuries in Siberia contributed to the creation of capitalist-type business enterprises. Combining with "other people's" capital required from the owners structured organization of management system, well-thought-out tactics and the strategy of commercial activity. Therefore, the organization of infrastructure for business activities had become more important than for a family company. The situation of the river transport market, including the Ob-Irtysh water basin, played an important role. The emergence of specific units, for example, the Agency was connected with the return direction, and place units in the system plans river company. The problem of internal structure of the company "Partnership of the West Siberian shipping and trade" (further - Tovarpar) was that the company was created by the founders who for a long period cooperated with each other, were relatives and kept originally traditional style of association of the capital. Therefore, the emergence of more independent and professional managers on the ground began to destroy old system and create a new one. The majority of river agencies of the companies had to look for their own way of formation and to combat for a place in the system of perspective divisions. Quite often structural division sought to receive more enterprise freedom for carrying out commercial actions over time. In remote regions of the Russian Empire, it was complicated by the lack of a stable financial and credit system, as well as experts of new types. As a rule, the Agency had to choose its future strategy not only taking into account the general line of the Board, but also its own vision of business development. It is important that during this period there was a process of changing the principles of business legislation, which affected the policy of the Board of "Tovarpar".