Successes and difficulties of small innovative firms in Russian nuclear cities [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of a Russian-American workshop / / Committee on Small Innovative Firms in Russian Nuclear Cities, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council ; in cooperation with the Institute for Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780130503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2002
• ISBN: 0-309-18271-9; 1-280-20966-6; 9786610209668; 0-309-50112-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Collana: Compass series
• Disciplina: 338.6/42/0947
• Soggetti: Nuclear weapons industry - Russia (Federation); Nuclear disarmament - Russia (Federation); Nuclear power plants - Decommissioning - Russia (Federation); Technical assistance, American - Russia (Federation); Small business - Russia (Federation); Technology and state - Russia (Federation); Research, Industrial - Russia (Federation)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A workshop ... held in Obninsk in September 2001"--Preface.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Nuclear Cities Initiative: Interests of the Program -- Analysis of the Results of the Targeted Program for Promoting Employment for the Population of Minatom Closed Administrative-Territorial Zones for 1998-2000 -- Technobusiness in Russia's Atomic Cities -- Innovation Activity in Russian Higher Education -- Challenges at the Zelenograd Technopark -- States Efforts in Small Business Development: Two Models -- Development of Small Innovative Companies in Sarov to Serve the ; Russian Market -- Development of Small Innovative Companies in Snezhinsk to Serve the Russian Market -- Development of Small Innovative Companies in Zarechny to Serve the Russian Market -- Development of Small Innovative Companies in Obninsk to Serve the Russian Market -- Companies Based on Technologies Developed at U.S. National Laboratories -- The Creation of Sustainable Business in Russia's Nuclear Cities -- Russian and American Business Practices and Laws: Advice to Businesses in Russian Nuclear Cities -- Support for Innovation Activities by the City Administration: Review of Innovative Firms in Zheleznogorsk -- Steps Taken by the Zarechny City Administration to Support Small Innovative Companies -- The Role of Foreign Partners as Investors or Customers in the Development of Small Innovative Businesses in Snezhinsk -- Steps Taken by the Sarov City Administration and Most Important Organizations in Support of Small Innovative Businesses -- Activities of the Obninsk City Administration Aimed at Supporting Small Innovative Firms -- Small Business and the Macro Economy: Some Observations -- Steps Being Undertaken by the Snezhinsk City Administration to Support Small Innovative Companies -- The Role of Foreign Partners as Investors or Customers in the Development of Small Innovative Firms -- The Role of Foreign Partners as Investors and Customers in the Development of Small Innovative Companies -- The Role of Nongovernmental Approaches to Business Development -- Appendix A Committee Members and Participants -- Appendix B Russian Science Cities.