CONTENTS

Volume 3, 2003

Investment CLIMATE

Izrail ROIZMAN, Irina GRISHINA, Alexandr SHAKHNAZAROV. Typology of regional investment climates at a new stage of Russian economy development

Extremely high disparity of investment conditions over the Russia’s territory is a general cause of acute social and economic problems in the Federation. The Federal program «Elimination of social and economic disparities in the RF regions (in 2002 - 2010 and up to 2015)» calls for systematic efforts to diminish investment varieties in the Federation entities. To this end different approaches are required in the economic policy which ought to take into account both the formed long-term and the prognosticated features of the regions’ investment climate. These features make the basis of the typology offered, defining the structure and properties of the clusters of regions with different investment climate.

Oleg SUKHAREV. The economy growth or the crisis? Russia needs a new investment policy

Russia’s economy is growing. But this leads to no essential upgrading of its structure, to no higher living standard nor substantial investment growth. Here is the key problem to work out a policy of sustained economic growth and to find a priority of measures which could upgrade the economy structural characteristics. Eventually all that is to be reduced to building-up investment under conditions of the «crisis economy».

Investment MARKET

Victor MOSKVIN. «Product quality» in an investment project

Today the definition of quality itself implies something mysterious. Various authors and quality experts offer different definitions. In the scientific and business literature most authors avoid giving their own definitions of «quality» and «product quality». At best they refer to a somebody else definition. So, quality what’s that?

Rudolf ZIMENKOV. Direct USA corporations’ investments

During last decades the great corporations are ever increasing their direct investments abroad uniting national markets into the single world market. The 90s’ direct foreign investment boom testifies for its growing significance both for the developed and the developing countries in the process of economic globalization.

Innovation

Tatiana AINULLINA. Ernst SAPITSKY. Leonid CHERSKOV. The R&D and innovation data base development and use

New knowledge and solutions in technology, production, equipment now account for 70% to 85% of GDP growth in the developed countries. The economic contests are won by the countries and companies friendly to innovation. Therefore the achieved R&D and innovation projects are of paramount importance.

Gennadi ZINCHENKO. Innovation development indicators in a national economy

The initial scheme of expanded reproduction. Reproduction dynamics in the «consumption mainstream». Sustained reproduction dynamics. Structural shift innovation effects (continued, the beginning in No. 12, 2002, No. 1, 2003).