This workshop report focuses on successes and failures of small innovative firms in five science cities in Russia. The workshop was organized by the NRC with the cooperation of Minatom.
- 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