CONTENTS

Volume 4, 2008

 

INVESTMENT CLIMATE

Irina GRISHINA. Russia’ regions attractive for private investors: new results of comparative analysis

The analysis was carried out basing on the data from 83 regions, using the methodology of regional investment.

Valery FEDCHUK. Legal position of dependent companies in English laws: piercing the corporate veil

Some sectors of the Russian capitalist economy have been already monopolized by major players - groups of companies which carry out «external management», bearing no responsibility for negative consequences. It is high time to revise correctness of this concept. The urgency of this issue is prompted by appearance of a new player on the market - the state corporation.

 

INVESTMENT MARKET

Victor MOSKVIN. Ford conflict - psychology

The author attempts to scrutinize psychological aspects of the conflict which are crucial for finding ways of its resolving.

Oleg SUKHAREV. The economy growth, inflation and the Russian bank system potential

Unfortunately, the state of production systems, the bank sector usually are not taken into consideration when assessing inflation and economy growth. Yet these economic structures are major elements of the inflation process.

 

INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGIES

Sergei ZABOLOTSKY. Assessment of competitiveness of the Russian petrochemical enterprises

Unlike a planned administrative economy the market one requires the growth of not any production but only competitive products. Competitiveness is a major factor of the efficient development of enterprise, industry, region, and state in the whole.

 

INNOVATION

Leonid RATHKEEN. Investment in biotechnology: latent stimuli of the Russian economy development

The Russian international biological forum opens the spring exhibition season. It is devoted to disclosing the latent potential of Russian biotechnology and stimuli of developing trans-regional economy through investing in native biotechnological R&D.