TY  - BOOK
AU  - Desai,Raj M.
AU  - Goldberg,Itzhak
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Can Russia compete?
AV  - HC340.12 .C35 2008eb
U1  - 330.947 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Brookings Institution Press
KW  - Competition
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - 1991-
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "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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ER  -