Volume 4, 2006
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
Rudolf ZIMENKOV. Experience
in setting up and running free economic zones in West Europe
The FEZ,
widely spread in West Europe, contributed abundantly in developing the region’s
economies. They are involved in international labour division and worldwide
economic relations. The zones fulfill the tasks set by the economic strategy of
countries.
INVESTMENT MARKET
Victor MOSKVIN. Upgrading
a company staff. Selection of specialists
This
article continues the cycle of works on organization of labour costs
(Investments in Russia Nos. 8 - 12, 2005; Nos. 1 - 3, 2006). It starts
scrutinizing the paramount lines of labour organization and associated
problems.
Fiodor GLISIN, Liudmila KITRAR. Investment business at industrial enterprises
Assessment
of their own investment capacities by the top managers of industrial
enterprises.
Ignat PODOPRIGORA, Galina ZOLOTARIOVA, Marina MALAKHOVSKAYA. Investment in housing construction
as a factor of economic growth
The
enormous Russian investment market, unsolved construction problems, first of
all in housing and civil construction, deficiency of houses and social objects
imply that more investment in housing construction and associated social
infrastructures might foster the development of many attendant industries, and
become a major factor of economic growth.
Vladimir MATIUSHIN, Natalia AGAFONOVA. Causes of low economic efficiency of introducing ISO 9000 standards at
Russian enterprises
After
joining the WTO only those enterprises will be able to adapt to the hard
competition conditions with no enormous financial losses, that really will have
introduced the management and quality control system, where the top managers
pay special attention to expenses on products quality and to the methods of
quality control. Analysis and assessment of quality costs are to be used for
identifying inefficient activities of a company, to initiate business upgrading
and to become the basis of developing approaches to innovation.
INNOVATION
Nazira SHANDIYEVA, Sergei
LUZAN. Venture investment in Russia:
development problems
A major source of financing innovative R&D in
Russian high-tech companies might be the venture capital. Hence, this
comparatively new financial tool attracts the growing attention.
Leonid RATHKEEN. Venture financing opportunities for
innovation companies
Venture financing is a new tool in investing in high
risk and low profit business on the Russian finance market. The article deals
with the problems facing the venture investment beginners, and with the
practice of optimum investment.
Svetlana KARPOVA,
Sergei OVCHINNIKOV. Management of
investment and innovation business
Investment and innovation management must be based on
a system of indices describing innovation activities and allowing to control
the process while taking into consideration real investment opportunities.
Vyacheslav
NYUKHOVSKY, Nikolai SHAKHRAMANYAN. On
system-forming factors in evaluating intellectual property
REFERENCE and ADVICE
Yuri ERSHOV. Review of the book «Russia’s energy diplomacy: economics, politics,
practice» by S. Zhiznin
Analysis of tax
reform in Russia