CONTENTS

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