Lately many developing countries in Asia turned to non-traditional forms of intensifying their participation in international labour division. First of all, it is the case with the export oriented economies. An important element of their economic strategy are free economic zones set up to attract foreign and native capitals, extend export, build up currency revenues, make more jobs, gain access to new technologies, and, finally, to develop the national economies and faster integrate them in the global economy.

Luvsantserengiiun DUGARZHAV. Mongolia - a country attractive for foreign investment

Over the last decade in Mongolia transformed into a country with developing finance and pragmatic foreign trade strategy aimed at the active penetration in the world economy. This young country possesses enormous natural resources and the vast territory.

INVESTMENT MARKET

Victor MOSKVIN. Selecting able applicants through business games

This article continues the cycle of works dedicated to optimization of labor costs (ref. Nos. 8 - 12, 2005, Nos. 1 - 4, 2006). It deals with upgrading the company staff in the line of perfection of labour organization.

Sergei VIKHLYAEYV. Outsourcing - the risk or necessity? (transforming a logistic system including a customer-company and outsourcing companies)

The notion of outsourcing emerged not only as a hall-mark dividing the main and auxiliary functions and business profile of a company, but also as the trend toward extending the labor division principles, as well as intensifying the development of production and distribution technologies. This stimulated right away the upgrading of management of the whole industries both in production and circulation spheres.

Leonid RATHKEEN. Investment in advanced technologies and equipment for Russian machine - building

The post-war world order is much indebted to enthusiastic reconstruction of national infrastructures undertaken in many countries. The role of machine-building in this process is hard to overestimate.

Vyacheslav ARSENOV, Elena ARTIOMKINA, Alexandr ZABOYEV. Russia in the system of international Europe - Asia transport channels: state-of-the art, prospects, problems and competitiveness

Russia’s transport system, which is a land bridge between Europe and Asia, may and must contribute much in developing world trade and the world economy as a whole.

INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGIES

Oleg SUKHAREV. The crisis of growth, structural paradox, and «law efficiency» in the Russian economy

The critical analysis and proposals to change certain rules and approaches will be the first move to correct understanding and overcoming critical situations in the growing economy. The author uses real examples of running regional economies.

INNOVATION

Elena SOKOLOVA. Realization of military innovations in the USA

The USA national security is ensured by its most powerful science and technology, and its ability to transform R&D into new products and processes. The government also foster the creation of the favourable investment and innovation climate.

REFERENCE and ADVICE

Victor MOSKVIN. Establishing a business school best in the world

Alexei ANDREYEV The notion of positioning

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