Summary №7 2011 г.

Kravchenko N.A., Anokhin R.N., Novosibirsk
Siberian Economy Development:  Investment Priorities
The paper deals with the problems of intentions identification of the main participants of innovation system (market): state, large corporations and small business. The proposed investment projects located in Siberia are analyzed as the proxies of development trends.
Investment projects, innovation system, main innovation actors

Uzlov V.A., Australia
Why Innovations Leave Russia?
During the first decade of 21st century the economy of Russia was announced to be innovative. Innovations become the fashionable term and a centrepiece of almost all economics forums and conferences. The Global Financial Crisis however put everything in its place. Economy of Russia was and is resource based, it has already lead to collapse of manufacturing, fundamental science and innovations.
Innovations, string technologies, Committee for innovations, Innovations exchange

Interview with Bryzgalov A.O., Novosibirsk
Sulphacrilat, innovation, medicine, patent

Interview with Bardakhanov S.P., Novosibirsk
Nanopowders, production, investments

Grigoriev L.М., Moscow
Owenership and Cоntrol – 20 Years Later
Discussions on the issues of new privatization may become an important step for the understanding the Russian ownership and corporate control system. The sellout of ten companies would not change it. Weak property rights and reiders are not a surprise. And for the formation of mass shareholding ownership  it is worth considering the abolition of block package of shares.
Privatization, Corporate Control, Ownership

Subbotin M.A., Moscow
Criminal Investment Climate
Recently the investment climate in Russia, in experts’ opinion, directly depends on artificial criminalization of business which disastrously affects the Russian economy. The more we are aware of the scope of administrative, forcible and corruption impacts on business, the more the idea that we should react fast is obviously urgent.
Investment climate, supremacy of law, corruption, criminalization

Akhmedshina A.N., Tordiya I.V., Tyumen
Transactions to the Detriment of Commercial Partnerships: Problems of Teory and Practice
The article is devoted to the analysis of the provisions regulating the order of legal transactions made by commercial partnerships as well as the practice of these provisions application, currently administered at the Arbitration Court of Tyumen Region and at the Federal Arbitration Court of the West–Siberian Region.
Interested party transactions, commercial partnerships, practical experience of Arbitration court

Meltenisova E.N., Novosibirsk
Forming of Investment Attractiveness of Russian Energy Companies
Analyzing the investment attractiveness of Russian Wholesale Generation Companies (WGCs) in the article the conclusion about significant factors for companies’ attractiveness for potential investors is made.
Investment attractiveness, Tobin’s q, WGCs

Antonov V.G., Zorkaltsev V.I., Moscow, Irkutsk
Efficiency of Discrimination to Solve Gasification Problems
The paper discusses the Kovykta Gas Project in the context of gasification of the Irkutsk Oblast. Providing that the price for gas is equal to all consumers, the Project could be regarded unprofitable as this region has cheap power–generating coal. However, it may become profitable if we apply the mechanisms of price diversification.
Price diversification, monopoly, natural gas, Irkutsk Oblast

Bogomolov O.T., Moscow
Social – Humanitarian Issues of the Modernization in Russia
Results of the development within innovative paradigm depends upon not only efforts in scientific-technological or economic spheres but in much extent upon modernization of social sphere and humanitarian dimension of the social development in general. Among important preconditions - improvement of democratic institutions, social management and support of stability, quality of political and business elites. Growing importance of general culture level and behavioral culture of people are among crucial too. Overcome of sharp crisis processes is impossible without developing of education, medical care, science, teaching and tutoring of younger generation.
Society development, humanitarian dimension, education, teaching

Pak A.B., Novosibirsk
Practice of Crisis Management at Small and Medium Enterprises
Development of complex anti-recessionary programs and monitoring their implementation is needed for surviving of small and medium businesses.
Аnti-crisis management, complex anti-crisis program, indicative characteristics, monitoring

Barsukova S.Yu., Moscow
What Protectionism Is Effective? S.Yu. Witte and D.I. Mendeleev’s Opinions
Protectionism or free trade? What way should Russia choose today to become an internationally competitive country? Analyzing the works written by S.Yu. Witte and D.I. Mendeleev and historical facts of how the world economies developed in the past, the author tries to find an answer to these questions.
Protectionism, free trade, production, Russian history

Klistorin V.I., Novosibirsk
About Conservatism, Protectionism and Historical Memory
Some thoughts about the article written by S.Yu. Barsukova and devoted to effective protectionism The paper considers the ideological grounds of a protectionist policy of any state. The current modernization projects of the Russian economy mostly boil down to an increasing government’s role in the Russian economy and therefore enhancing protectionism in favour of which some successful examples from past were advanced, the S.Yu. Witte’s policy among others.
Ideology, economic policy, foreign trade, protectionism, free trade

Senchagov V. K., Ivanov E. A., Moscow
Nikolai K. Baibakov as the Outstanding Statesman (To the 100 anniversary)
The former employees of the State Planning Committee of the USSR Senchagov V. K., the deputy chief of department of perfection of planning and provision of economic incentives (1982–1987), and Ivanov E.A., the deputy chief of summary department of national economy planning (1963 – 1991) – tell about N. K. Baibakov’s, the Chairman of the State Planning Committee of the USSR, life and activity. His 100 anniversary is marked in March 2011.
Nikolai K. Baibakov, Outstanding Statesman

Anufrieva N.I., Kuprianova O.B., Novosibirsk
From Healthcare to Economics. Terms’ Adventures
The article is devoted for economic epistemology, sphere now badly known in Russia Specific aspects of categories import to one science to another are analyzed with nine categories transfer from healthcare to economics.
Terminology, healthcare, economics, crisis, inflation, recession, depression, collapse, shock, symptom, syndrome, sanitation