Investment Opportunities in Russia and the CIS
Investment Opportunities in Russia and the CIS

Author: David A. Dyker

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13:

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The collapse of communist power in the Soviet Union and subsequent measures to establish a private sector have created opportunities for both foreign and domestic private capital in Russia, and the non-Russian republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). This volume, which contains revised papers originally published by the Post-Soviet Business Forum at the Royal Institute for International Affairs, provides a sober, long-term assessment of investment priorities in the former Soviet Union and the problems that potential investors will encounter and their prospects for success. The contributors neither exaggerate nor underestimate the difficulties facing potential investors, many of whom have been attracted by the region's enormous wealth of natural resources. William Butler assesses the issues involved in creating the legal structure necessary to facilitate private investment, paying particular attention to issues of ownership, investment, and company law. David Humphreys analyzes the specific problems of investment in the mining and metals industries in the CIS and the prospects for integrating these industries with the world economy. Jonathan Stern assesses the prospects for investment in the Russian oil and gas sector over the next decade. Julian Cooper addresses the lessons emerging from the conversion of the former Soviet defense industry to civilian production. Sergei Manezhev analyzes the specific problems of investment in the Russian Far East, a region that is rich in natural resources, and provides a study of the operation of free economic zones in the region. David Dyker provides an overall assessment of the prospects for investment in Russia and the CIS. Post-Soviet Business Forum Collection

Foreign Investment in Russia and the Other Soviet Successor States
Foreign Investment in Russia and the Other Soviet Successor States

Author: Yuri Adjubei

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1349248924

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This volume identifies and analyses the extent to which Russia and the other Soviet successor states are likely to attract inward foreign direct investment (FDI) to the turn of the century and beyond. Although these countries have been growing recipients of FDI, Western multinationals remain cautious, and have to date been slow to commit large investment sums. The book binds together the current theoretical knowledge of foreign capital and technology transfers to Eastern Europe with a close examination of the investment strategy of multinationals in six successor states, namely the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The book assembles a group of internationally respected contributors, who have made a distinct contribution to our understanding of multinationals operating in the area.

Success factors for market penetration in CIS countries
Success factors for market penetration in CIS countries

Author: Nataliya Geppert

Publisher: diplom.de

Published: 2008-12-10

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 3836623544

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Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: When investment businesses decide on pursuing a course of market penetration into CIS countries, there is unfortunately now prescribed way for them to follow. They have to plan and implement their entry into the international market according to criteria which they themselves have decided on. They have to ask themselves several questions. Why are we planning to invest in a foreign country? What are our motives and goals with regard to market penetration? In which country we will invest? Which countries should be penetrated first? When will this process begin? Which forms of market penetration should we chose? The main objective of this study is to identify success factors for market penetration with regard to CIS countries. The model for investment businesses is used to define possible entry strategies into the CIS markets, and to analyse these theoretically and empirically. This paper looks closely at investment possibilities in Russia and in three of the CIS countries: the Ukraine, Moldavia and the Republic of Belarus. This study examines the experiences of 26 companies who have penetrated the markets in CIS countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis:Table of Contents: Executive Summary1 Table of Contents2 List of Figures5 List of Abbreviations7 1.Introduction8 1.1Objectives8 1.2Delimitations9 1.3Methodology9 2.Target of Penetration10 3.Investment Business11 4.Deciding Which Markets to Penetrate13 4.1PEST Analysis of Basic Conditions of Foreign Markets13 4.1.1Political and Legal Conditions13 4.1.2Economical Conditions14 4.1.3Socio-Cultural Conditions15 4.1.4Technological Conditions16 4.2General and Detailed Analysis16 4.3PEST Analysis of Russia18 4.3.1Political and Legal Conditions18 4.3.2Economical Conditions19 4.3.3Socio-Cultural Conditions23 4.3.4Technological Conditions24 4.4Russia as a Bridge to the CIS Countries24 4.5PEST Analysis of the Ukraine26 4.5.1Political and Legal Conditions26 4.5.2Economical Conditions27 4.5.3Socio-Cultural Conditions28 4.5.4Technological Conditions28 4.6PEST Analysis of the Republic of Belarus28 4.6.1Political and Legal Conditions28 4.6.2Economical Conditions29 4.6.3Socio-Cultural Conditions30 4.6.4Technological Conditions30 4.7PEST Analysis of Moldavia31 4.7.1Political and Legal Conditions31 4.7.2Economical Conditions31 4.7.3Socio-Cultural Conditions32 4.7.4Technological Conditions33 4.8Conclusion33 5.Timing of Market Penetration34 5.1International Timing [...]

Where Has All the Foreign Investment Gone in Russia?
Where Has All the Foreign Investment Gone in Russia?

Author: Harry G. Broadman

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13:

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Since its transition to a market economy began, Russia has not attracted much foreign direct investment (FDI). Inflows of FDI into Russia are much lower than those into other transition countries in the region, adjusted for population size and similar measures. Clearly, if Russia is to grow it must increase the level of FDI inflows, which is why a good deal of policy attention has focused on the problem. Equally important for achieving sustainable growth in such a large, heterogeneous economy is learning how to make the spatial distribution of FDI within Russia more even. Inflows are strikingly skewed. Close to 60 percent of FDI goes to four regions in te western part of the country--Moscow City, Moscow oblast, St. Petersburg, and Leningrad oblast--which account for only 22 percent of Russia's gross national product and only 13 percent of Russia's population. Only two of the other 85 regions account for more than 2.5 percent of the country's FDI and most account for much less. Surprisingly, neither policymakers nor observers and analysts have paid much attention to diagnosing the reason for this imbalance in FDI's distribution. The authors try to empirically unbundle the determinants of FDI's regional distribution within Russia. They find that faactors associated with market size, infrastructure development, and the policy environment seem to explain much of the observed variation in FDI flows to regions in Russia. Moreover, the explanatory power of the model that best explains cross-regional variation in FDI flows from 1995 to 1998 changes significantly after the 1998 default and ruble devaluation--suggesting the possibility of a "structural change" in the determination of FDI after the 1998 crisis.

Investment Opportunities for German Banks and Insurances in Russia
Investment Opportunities for German Banks and Insurances in Russia

Author: Sebastian Arnoldt

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2007-08

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 3638735184

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Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 1,4, University of Cooperative Education, course: Doing business with Russia, language: English, abstract: Firstly, this paper gives a brief overview of the current health of the Russian economy, analyzing stability and current developments. Secondly, the Russian banking, real estate and insurance markets are analyzed and opportunities for investment are evaluated from a German point of view. Thirdly and lastly, the author delivers an assessment of Russia's financial services sector as an investment target and future prospects.