When?April 1997 Who are we and where are we from? 1.Old Guys Network (graduates from the Moscow State University) 2.Brain Drain (different research institutes – RAS, think tanks and analytical centers) 3. Junior researchers from HSE, Moscow State University, NES Common interest? An attempt to examine what is happening on the micro-level using empirical (survey) data. Key question – what should be done in order to improve “rules of the game” – economic policy on the federal, regional and municipal level.

Our topic – firms’ behavior and market structure Corporate governance /ManagementAntimonopoly policy and regulation Business integration Business-state relations /business associations Value chains Competitiveness /industrial policy SME and entrepreneurship Globalization of business Competition and market structure Regional development Innovative behavior of the firmsRetail and whole-sale trade

PartnersContractors Foreign Hitotsubashi University (Japan) Helsinki School of Economics (CEMAT) School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), London University Forschungsstelle Osteuropa (Bremen, Germany) The Harriman Institute, Columbia University, USA Russian Bureau of Economic Analysis Interdepartmental Analytical Center Association of Russian Economic Think Tanks (ARETT) Ministry of Economic Development Federal Antimonopoly Service Ministry of Education and Science Russian Foundation for Humanities USAID Moscow Public Science Foundation The World Bank OECD Rosstat

Competitiveness of the manufacturing enterprises and investment climate in cooperation with the World Bank for the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade; – second round for the Ministry of Economic Development Corporate governance and integration processes in Russian business гг. – in cooperation with Hitotsubashi University with financial support of Moscow Public Science Foundation and HSE Program of Bacis Research. Business strategies of Russian and foreign investors in the real sector in cooperation with Helsinki School of Economics with financial support of Academy of Finland and Russian Foundation for Humanities Business and state in the Russia regions In cooperation with Timothy Frye, Columbia University (USA) Competitiveness of the manufacturing firms – 2 round on the order of the Ministry of Economic Development

Competitiveness and investment climate 1002 LME in 8 manufacturing industries in 49 regions of Russia (representative sample), Competitiveness and investment climate for SME 300 SME in 2 regions, B2B + manufacturing, 2005 Corporate governance and business integration 822 joint-stock companies in manufacturing and communications in 64 regions, 2005 (representative sample). Business and state in Russia regions 500 firms in manufacturing and services in 8 Russian regions, Business strategies of Russian and foreign investors in the real sector 31 in-depth interviews with top-managers, state authorities and business associations in Karelia, Moscow oblast and Finland, Structural problems in the Russian economy 523 firms in 12 regions and 37 in-depth interviews with top-managers in manufacturing, light, food industry and metallurgy, 2002

Organization and Development of Russian Business: a firm-level analysis. (ed. by Dolgopyatova T., Ivasaki I., Yakovlev A.). Palgrave Macmillan (in English) Russian Industry at the Stage of Growth: factors of competitiveness (ed. by Gonchar K., Kuznetsov B.). SU–HSE, “Vershina” Publishing House. Moscow, 2008 (in Russian) Competition and Competition Policy (ed. by Avdasheva S.). SU–HSE, “Vershina” Publishing House. Moscow, 2008 (in Russian) Russian Corporation: internal structure, external interrelations, development prospects (ed. by Dolgopyatova T., Ivasaki I., Yakovlev A. eds.). SU–HSE. Moscow, 2007 (in Russian) Russian Industry at Crossroads: What prevents firms to become competitive. SU-HSE. Moscow, 2007 (in English) Yakovlev A. Agents of Modernization. SU–HSE. Moscow, 2006 (in Russian) Structural Changes in Russian Industry (ed. by Yasin Ye.). SU-HSE. Moscow, 2004 (in English)

IIMS as strong internationally recognized leading Russian research center specializing in the analysis of the enterprise behavior in transition economies The scope: 7-8 full-time senior fellows + approximately the same number of full-time junior researchers senior researchers and 7-10 junior researchers on part-time basis. The total project financing: about $ million per year. Integration with HSE educational units Organizational flexibility Diversity of the funding sources

Priority research subjects till 2015 –competitiveness, productivity, export –competition and antitrust policy –corporate governance –government-business relations –technological and managerial innovations –spatial factors of productivity and company behavior

Academic outcomes (annually, on average for the IIMS in total): one Russian monograph, at least 2-3 articles for international SSCI-rated journals, at least 10 articles for leading Russian journals Analytical output (annually, on average): 5-7 analytical papers for the government (with further possibility of publication in the mass media) and 1-2 HSE policy paper