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Research & Expertise

Research Seminar on Diversity and Development

On November 15, 2016 ICSID held another session of its regular research Seminar on Diversity and Development in cooperation with NES Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions and the seminar “Political Economy”.

Dynamics of Inequality and Convergence after Transition – Evidence from Russia

On 3rd November International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, Laboratory for Labor Market Studies and Centre for Labour Market Studies held the joint seminar, where the paper «Dynamics of Inequality and Convergence after Transition – Evidence from Russia» was presented.

Scientific Report in IIMS

On 28th October in the International Center for Study of Institutions and Development Ilja Viktorov, PhD, researcher, Department of Economic History, Stockholm University, presented his report  entitled «The Swedish employers and the wage-earner funds debate during the crisis of Fordism in the 1970s and 1980s».   

What Are the Russian Elites Going to Build?

In the last number RUSSIAN ANALYTICAL DIGEST was published article «What Are the Russian Elites Going to Build?» (author A. Yakovlev). This paper reflects the results of a research project funded within the framework of the Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE).

5th International ICSID Conference «Political Economy of Inequality»

Higher School of Economics in Moscow hosted a 5th annual conference of the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) «Political Economy of Inequality» on June 20-22, 2016. 

Field trip to Kaluga

On June 23, 2016, members of the ICSID team Thomas Remington, Israel Marques and Vladimir Bazavliuk visited the automobile plant of Volkswagen Group Rus and its vocational education facilities in the town of Kaluga.   

Another joint ICSID-CSDSI seminar

Tatyana Mikhailova, assistant professor at Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, presented her paper “Geography of import transportation routes in Russia: the choice of an entry point” at the joint ICSID-CSDSI workshop held at Malaya Ordynka on November 3rd. That was the 14th event in the series of ICSID-CSDSI seminars on Diversity and Development.

Management Decentralization Contributes to Better Business

Companies with decentralized management systems are, on average, more effective than firms where the CEO tries to control everything. The risk of centralization is higher if the company is managed by families. These were the main findings of the recent research by Irina Levina, research fellow at the HSE Institute for Industrial and Market Studies.