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Successes and Difficulties of Small Innovative Firms in Russian Nuclear Cities

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

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.

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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2002. Successes and Difficulties of Small Innovative Firms in Russian Nuclear Cities: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10392.
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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Engineering

Institute of Medicine

National Research Council

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce M.Alberts and Dr. Wm. A.Wulf are chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2002. Successes and Difficulties of Small Innovative Firms in Russian Nuclear Cities: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10392.
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NRC COMMITTEE ON SMALL INNOVATIVE FIRMS IN RUSSIAN NUCLEAR CITIES

Alvin W.Trivelpiece (Chair) Director (retired) Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Eileen S.Vergino Deputy Director, Center for Global Security Research Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Clifford G.Gaddy Fellow, Economic Studies and Foreign Policy Studies The Brookings Institution

RUSSIAN ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Alexander P.Sorokin Deputy Chair, Obninsk Council for Science and Technology

Valery I.Balanda Chief, Department of International Relations Institute for Physics and Power Engineering

Mikhail V.Shubin Deputy Chief, Department of Regional, Social, and Personnel Policy Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy

Yury K.Shiyan Chief, Office of Foreign Affairs Russian Academy of Sciences

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NRC STAFF

Glenn E.Schweitzer Project Director

A.Chelsea Sharber Program Specialist

Kelly Robbins Senior Program Officer

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Preface

In October 2000 the Department of Energy (DOE), the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy (Minatom), and the National Research Council (NRC) agreed that a workshop on the successes and difficulties of small innovative firms in several of the atomic cities of Russia would be helpful in identifying business approaches and Russian governmental policies that should be encouraged through joint programs of the U.S. and Russian governments and through the efforts of Western nongovernmental organizations. The Nuclear Cities Initiative of DOE awarded a contract to the NRC to assume responsibility for organizing the workshop. Having previously conducted projects in Russia on commercialization of technology, the NRC was in a good position to design a workshop that would be relevant to the needs of both the Russian and the U.S. governments. Minatom selected the Institute for Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE) in Obninsk as the Russian counterpart to work with the NRC in organizing the workshop and to serve as the host for the workshop. IPPE has had extensive experience in organizing international conferences on topics related to technology commercialization.

A workshop was held in Obninsk in September 2001. Twenty Russian specialists from five nuclear cities and Moscow, seven American specialists, and representatives of DOE and the technical assistance program of the European Union (Tacis) made presentations. An additional 20 Russian specialists attended the workshop and made useful comments on the presentations. The presentations addressed many aspects of the establishment and management of small innovative firms in Russia, including a

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number of specific examples of the activities of small firms, as well as lessons learned in establishing commercially viable firms in the United States. While there are great differences in the business environments, in the training and experience of entrepreneurs, in the communication and physical infrastructures, and in the availability of financial resources in the two countries, some principles concerning management, marketing, and general business strategies are relevant in both countries. This report includes the presentations made at the workshop, with many of them reflecting general principles that enhance the likelihood of profitability of firms in both countries.

Prior to the workshop the American participants visited three small firms in Obninsk and several state research institutes that have had experience in encouraging the establishment of firms based in part on technical capabilities developed within the institutes. These visits helped orient the American specialists to the realities of doing business in Russia and highlighted various approaches that have been followed.

At the end of the first day of the workshop, the participants received the news of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.

Since the American participants would be unable to return to the United States for several days, they collectively proposed continuing the workshop and completing the planned program. Our Russian hosts agreed with this approach. So, despite the uncertainties concerning events in the United States, the workshop was completed as scheduled.

I would like to express my appreciation to the other members of the NRC committee who assisted in the preparations for the workshop and reviewed these proceedings. We are indebted to the Russian organizers of the workshop, particularly Alexander Sorokin and Valery Balanda, who assembled an excellent group of Russian participants and made all the arrangements for a successful workshop. Also, we commend William Desmond of DOE, who had the foresight to support this workshop and who assisted in navigating the bureaucratic hazards in Washington and Moscow that constantly threatened to result in its cancellation.

The Americans attending the workshop were deeply grateful to their Russian friends for the outpouring of sympathy and support they expressed to us regarding the terrible tragedy that befell the United States during our visit. None of us will ever forget what we were doing and whom we were with in Obninsk, Russia, on September 11, 2001.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

These proceedings have been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC's Report Review Committee. The purpose of this

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independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published proceedings as sound as possible and to ensure that the proceedings meet institutional standards for quality. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential. In addition to the members of the NRC Committee, I wish to thank Blaine Gibson, Siberia Pacific Company, for his review of selected papers in this proceedings.

We wish to thank Kelly Robbins for her translation of the Russian language papers into English. Special thanks also to Jan Dee Summers, Kelly Robbins, and A.Chelsea Sharber for their editing of the proceedings.

—Alvin Trivelpiece

Chair, NRC Committee on Small Innovative Firms in Russian Nuclear Cities

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Contents

Nuclear Cities Initiative: Interests of the Program
George D.Pomeroy
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Analysis of the Results of the Targeted Program for Promoting Employment for the Population of Minatom Closed Administrative-Territorial Zones for 1998–2000
Irina V.Yefimkova
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Technobusiness in Russia's Atomic Cities
Glenn E.Schweitzer
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Innovation Activity in Russian Higher Education
Sergei A.Mitrofanov, A.A.Kharin, I.L.Kolensky
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Challenges at the Zelenograd Technopark
Vladimir Leontyev
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States' Efforts in Small Business Development: Two Models
David N.McNelis
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Development of Small Innovative Companies in Sarov to Serve the Russian Market
Vladimir I.Zhigalov
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Contents

Development of Small Innovative Companies in Snezhinsk to Serve the Russian Market
Aleksei A.Kholodov and Yury Rumyantsev
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Development of Small Innovative Companies in Zarechny to Serve the Russian Market
Yevgeny N.Loguntsev
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Development of Small Innovative Companies in Obninsk to Serve the Russian Market
Yevgeny A.Pashin
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Companies Based on Technologies Developed at U.S. National Laboratories
Alvin W.Trivelpiece
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The Creation of Sustainable Business in Russia's Nuclear Cities
Juan Matthews
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Russian and American Business Practices and Laws: Advice to Businesses in Russian Nuclear Cities
Blaine A.Gibson
111
Support for Innovation Activities by the City Administration: Review of Innovative Firms in Zheleznogorsk
Pavel V.Yakushin
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Steps Taken by the Zarechny City Administration to Support Small Innovative Companies
Yury I.Kvachev
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The Role of Foreign Partners as Investors or Customers in the Development of Small Innovative Businesses in Snezhinsk
Vladimir V.Klimenko and Andrei G.Kruglov
148
Steps Taken by the Sarov City Administration and Most Important Organizations in Support of Small Innovative Businesses
Aleksandr V.Belugin, Yelena S.Dyakova, Vladimir I.Zhigalov, P.G.Smirnov, and Olga N.Arkhipkina
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Activities of the Obninsk City Administration Aimed at Supporting Small Innovative Firms
Igor M.Mironov
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Small Business and the Macro Economy: Some Observations
Clifford G.Gaddy
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Steps Being Undertaken by the Snezhinsk City Administration to Support Small Innovative Companies
Andrei G.Kruglov
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The Role of Foreign Partners as Investors or Customers in the Development of Small Innovative Firms
Igor I.Rakosei
200
The Role of Foreign Partners as Investors and Customers in the Development of Small Innovative Companies
Yelena S.Dyakova and Vladimir I.Zhigalov
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The Role of Nongovernmental Approaches to Business Development
Eileen S.Vergino
216
Small Innovative Business in the Nuclear Cities
Aleksandr P.Sorokin
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Highlights of Presentations and Discussions
Glenn E.Schweitzer
230
Appendix A:     Committee Members and Participants 233
Appendix B:     Russian Science Cities 239
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