Title: Technological development and the business environment in Russia

Authors: Sergei B. Perminov

Addresses: Research Professor, USSR Academy of Sciences Director, Manufacturing Networks Inc. San Francisco, USA

Abstract: The great changes taking place in the republics of the former USSR attract increasing attention from western companies. The principal focus of this paper is to examine specific features of the current situation from the point of view of profitable East-West collaborations. Many cases are reviewed, and the author|s practical experience in the field of technological forecasting in the USSR supports the conclusions of this paper.

Keywords: investments; manufacturing processes; productivity; strategies; technology diffusion; technological development; business environment; Russia; technology management; collaboration; technological forecasting.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1992.025730

International Journal of Technology Management, 1992 Vol.7 No.4/5, pp.370 - 376

Published online: 24 May 2009 *

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