In Russia rather new instrument of regional policy appeared - regional investment forums. What are the characteristics of the new market, its evolution and its special features? About what does the success rate of Russian regional forums, which was created by the on-line magazine "The Capital of the Country" and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, speak?more
In the first dates of May of 2012 – from 1 to 3 – in Dubai (UAE) was held one of the most important regional investment forums – AIM-2012 (Annual Investment Meeting). The ASEAN countries, countries from Euro zone and resource-rich African countries were presented on this forum. Why was this forum important for Russia?more
Space industry of Russia has traditionally been a sore spot of the national economy. Why is the work of hi-tech enterprises of the industry getting worse and worse? Is meager funding a reason for it? Or is there another reason? Is the space totally corrupted?more
Does the economy of raw materials decrease the quality of school education? This question asked Deputy Director of the OSCE Andreas Schleicher. He came to the conclusion that countries rich in oil and gas have rather low education level. In an exclusive interview to “The Capital of the Country” the member of the Russian Academy of Science Victor Polterovich commented on this paradox of the model calculations. more
Great Britain is experiencing hard times. The country has long lived in debt, the size of which is 18 times higher than in Greece. Homeland of the industrial revolution today is reaping the fruits of deindustrialization. English people prefer to be treated abroad and complain about the level of education. Isn’t it reminding us Russia?more
The Internet is coming. It even came into the trade. But! Today with its help people have started to sell goods and earn money that is why Internet-operations should also be taxed. How it should be done? Are there any contradictions? What are the forms of control of Internet-space and what are its drawbacks?more
Richard Thomas is the founder and Chief Executive of Locations4business.com. He has worked in the foreign investment field for over thirty years and has experience working with Investment Promotion Agencies and major corporate investors. But,is the participation of the government important in successful realization of investment projects, like we think in Russia?more
Globalization (globalisation), in its literal sense, is the process of transformation of local phenomena into global ones. The term ’globalization’ is often used to refer to economic globalization, but it also affects legal sphere as well, because law is designed to provide peaceful and harmonious development of social relations between all subjects. But what are common aspects of globalization?more
The auction mechanism of purchasing the land for construction of housing buildings assumes a competition of companies for offering the higher price. In such situation all small and average companies are superseded from the market, and the prices for new habitation promptly grow. So how these high prices can be explained? And what are the consequences?more
At today’s market we see the advent of a new economic agency: innovator. He never writes CVs tofind a job; he develops new business-models to realize his own innovation technologies. And the society’s accumulated money resources will gradually flow into the hands of the new social class: community of innovators. So who are these innovators? And what part do they play in our modern world?more
The national priority project "Affordable and comfortable housing to the Russian citizens" has the main goal to make housing affordable for 30% of households by 2010. The national housing market includes 85 different parts (85 Russian regions) which should be monitored regularly. So what methods have been applied to better understand Russian housing market? And what are the results?more
The world crisis indirectly made many Russian strategic field enterprises dependant on foreign loans. They may pass into the hands of foreign financial institutions if appropriate measures are not taken. So what exact measures should be taken to avoid the situation where foreign institutions get total control over Russian finances and economy?more
September 18-21 2008 VII International Investment Forum "Sochi-2008" has passed. This meeting is the significant result to a previous period as well as trajectory of investment development of the country and its regions for the future period. Who were the main participants of the meeting? What was the whole Forum about? And what are the business results?
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Drastic hike of agricultural products and energy prices throws the world economy back from the third wave (cognitive economy) to the first (agricultural) and the second (industrial) waves; in such conditions high-scale investment in science-intensive sector will be significantly hindered. So today can we fully apply the theory of Kondratiev’s waves? And how should we adapt to new behaivor of these waves? more
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