Can Russia compete? [electronic resource] / Raj M. Desai, Itzhak Goldberg, editors.
Contributor(s): Desai, Raj M | Goldberg, Itzhak | ebrary, Inc
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Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008Description: xiv, 183 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Competition -- Russia (Federation) | Russia (Federation) -- Economic policy -- 1991-Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 330.947 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-174) and index.
Introduction / Raj M. Desai and Itzhak Goldberg -- Productivity / Mark Schaffer and Boris Kuznetsov -- Fostering knowledge absorption / Itzhak Goldberg ... [et. al.] -- Upgrading skills / Hong Tan, Vladimir Gimpelson, and Yevgeniya Savchenko -- Improving the investment climate / Raj M. Desai.
"Looks at Russian government's push toward a knowledge-based economy, particularly in the manufacturing sector. Quantifies and benchmarks sector's relative strengths, identifying opportunities to increase Russian productivity and competitiveness. Examines underlying firm-level determinants of knowledge absorption, competitiveness, and productivity, with an eye to improving workers' skill levels and the investment climate"--Provided by publisher.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.