The 10th bi-annual EACES conference  Programme

10th EACES Conference Opening Plenary Session and EACES General Assembly

10th EACES Conference Key Note Speakers

10th EACES Conference Programme – Sections and Sessions

10th EACES Conference Overview

10th EACES Conference Session Timetable and Location

Russian Stock Market: Tested by Crisis. E. Ellinski, (MICEX Vice-President)

Session BFM-1: Financial Markets, Business Cycles and World Economy
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 101
Chairperson – Koen Schoors (CERISE - Centre for Russian International and Socio-Political and Economic Studies Ghent University)

Fuad Aleskerov, Veronika Belousova (SU HSE), Hasan Ersel (Sabanci University, Turkey), Alexander Ovcharov (SU HSE), Esra Özgür (Isbank,Turkey), Maria Serdyuk (SU HSE), Vasily Solodkov (Banking Institute, Russia)
Comparative Dynamic Analysis of Commercial Banks' Behavioral Patterns in Russia and Turkey Paper

Nikolay Nenovsky (University of National and World Economy, Sofia and ICER), Gergana Mihaylova, Darina Koleva (Agency for Economic Analysis and Forecasting)
Efficiency of the Bulgarian Banking System: Traditional Approach and Data Envelopment Analysis Paper

Polina Heininen (Helsinki School of Economics)
Stock Market Efficiency in the Transition Economies through the lens of Calendar Anomalies Paper

Jarko Fidrmuc (University of Munich ), Iikka Korhonen (BOFIT, Bank of Finland)
Dynamic Correlation Analysis of Business Cycles of Selected Emerging Countries Paper

Discussant – Lucio Vinhas de Souza (European Commission)

Session CED-5: Structural Changes and Convergence
Date: August 30, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 124
Chairperson – Enrico Marelli (University of Brescia)

Solomon Cohen (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Behavioural types determining economic systems Paper

Sheila Anne Chapman (LUMSA)
Income Dynamics in an Enlarged Europe: Are New Members’ Regions Really Converging?

Tiiu Paas (University of Tartu)
Sectoral Changes In The Eu Economies: The Main Trends And Typology Of The Countries Annotation Paper

Katrin Tamm (University of Tartu)
Structural Change And Socio-Economic Development: Searching For The Relationship Annotation Paper

Session BFM-3: Banking in Transition Economies
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 14:30 – 16:30
Auditorium: № 101
Chairperson – Fuad Aleskerov (SU HSE)

Laura Solanko (Bank of Finland)
Risk taking by russian banks: do location, ownership and size matter? Paper

Zuzana Fungacova (Bank of Finland)
Determinants of Bank Interest Margins in Russia Paper

Vasily Bokov (SU HSE)
Measuring the Impact of Governance Quality on Bank Valuation in Russia Paper

Discussant – Maria Aluchna (Warsaw School of Economics)

Session CED-1: Accumulation and Utilization of Russian Budget Surplus
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 124
Chairperson – Masaaki Kuboniwa (Hitotsubashi University)

Evsey Gurvich (Economic Expert Group)
Managing Oil Fiscal Revenues: Russia's Experience

Akira Uegaki (Seinan Gakuin University)
Fiscal Policy under Budget Surplus and Balance of Payments Surplus in Russia Paper

Shinichiro Tabata (Hokkaido University)
The Post-Stabilization Funds of Russia: Implications for Inflation and Economic Development Paper

Discussant – Philip Hanson (Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) and The University of Birmingham)

Session CED-3: The economies of China and India in comparative perspective
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 14:30 – 16:30
Auditorium: № 124
Chairpersons: Vittorio Valli (University of Torino), Sean Dougherty (OECD, France)

Sudip Ranjan Basu (United Nations)
Comparing China and India: Is the dividend of economic reforms polarized? Paper

Francoise Lemoine (CEPII, France)
The integration of China and India into the world economy: a comparison Annotation Paper

Sean Dougherty (OECD, France)
Regulation and misallocation of production in China and India

Vittorio Valli (University of Torino)
Structural change and economic development in China and India Paper

Session CED-4: Inflation and economic development
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
Auditorium: № 124
Chairperson – Lucio Vinhas de Souza (European Commission)

Zorica  Mladenovic (Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade)
On The Relationship Between Inflation And Inflation Uncertainty: Examining Some Balkan Countries Annotation Paper

Marjan Senjur (Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana)
Transition To Euro And The Time Afterwards: Presistent Inflation Differentials

Michael Fung (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Convergence in financial development and economic growth Paper

Session CED-6: Economic growth
Date: August 30, 2008
Time: 12:00 – 14:00
Auditorium: № 124
Chairperson – Michael Keren (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Olga Demidova (SU HSE)
Non-parametric investigation of the Kuznets' hypothesis for transitional countries Paper

Borut Vojinović (GEA-College, Ljubljana)
What Is The Causality Between Economic Growth And Its Major Determinants In The Case Of Transition Economies? Paper

David Aristei (Department of Economics, Finance and Statistics - University of Perugia)
Income distribution, growth and well-being: evidences for selected OECD countries Paper

Discussant – Hubert Gabrisch (Halle Institute for Economic Research)

Session CG-1: Corporate governance and ownership structure-1
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 125
Chairperson – Andrei Vernikov (SU HSE)

Maria Aluchna (Warsaw School of Economics)
Emerging institutional order? Paper

Leonid Andreev (Norwegian School of Management BI)
Financial data manipulations with cost regulation

Irina Ivashkovskaya (SU HSE)
Capital Structure Puzzles in BRIC: Do Russian, Brazilian and Chinese Firms Follow Pecking Order or Trade-Off Logic of Financing? Paper

Discussant – Lyudmila Ruzhanskaya (Ural State University, Economic Department)

Session CG-3: Corporate governance and ownership structure-2
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 14:30 – 16:30
Auditorium: № 125
Chairperson – Irina Ivashkovskaya (SU HSE)

Olga Lazareva (Centre for Economic and Financial Research)
Corporate Governance, Ownership Structures and Investment in Transition Economies: the Case of Russia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan Paper

Lyudmila Ruzhanskaya (Ural State University, Economic Department)
Development of Internal Mechanisms of Corporate Governance in the Russian Regional Companies Paper

Yulia Rodionova (School of Slavonic and East European Studies)
Ownership Structure, Cash Constraints and Investment Behaviour in Russian Firms

Session CG-4: Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
Auditorium: № 125
Chairperson – Laura Solanko (Bank of Finland)

Mirella Damiani (Department of Economics, Finance and Statistics, University of Perugia)
Labour Management and corporate governance: a comparative perspective Annotation Paper

Simo Leppänen (Center for Markets in Transition (CEMAT), Helsinki School of Economics)
Production uncertainty and enterprises' social responsibility in a post-soviet economy Paper

Sergio Vergalli (University of Brescia)
Does Corporate Social Responsibility Affect Firms’ Performance? Paper

Discussant – Satoshi Mizobata (Kyoto University)

Session CSF-1: Business-State Relations in Transition Economies under Global Competitive Pressure
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 102
Chairperson – Tatiana Dolgopyatova (SU HSE)

Riitta  Kosonen (Helsinki School of Economics ), Erja  Kettunen (Helsinki School of Economics, Center for Markets in Transition)
Managing Business in Rapidly Developing Markets: The Governance of State Relations on Various Spatial Scales Annotation Paper

Päivi  Karhunen, Riitta  Kosonen (Helsinki School of Economics, Center for Markets in Transition)
Interplay of formal institutional change and informal business practices of foreign enterprises: A comparison of China and Russia Paper

Andrei Yakovlev (SU HSE)
State-Business Relations in Russian Regions: What Has Changed in 2000s? Paper

Victoria Golikova (SU HSE)
Institutional constraints to the investment in Russia regions: what should and could be improved?

Discussant – Yury Simachev (Interdepartmental Analytical Center)

Session CSF-3: Markets in Transition Economies
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 14:30 – 16:30
Auditorium: № 102
Chairperson – Svetlana Avdasheva (SU HSE)

Svetlana Golovanova (SU HSE, Nizhny Novgorod branch)
Evolution of regional specialization in Russia, 1997-2004. Paper

Gyuzel Yusupova (SU HSE)
The comparative analysis of the estimation of market borders Paper

Kirill Skripkin (Moscow State University, Economic Department)
Transformation in Russian IT Sector: Problem of Building Value System Annotation Paper

Discussant – Fumikazu Sugiura (Teikyo University)

Session CSF-4: Systemic Transformation and Industrial Change: The Hungarian Experience
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
Auditorium: № 102
Chairperson – Hiroshi Tanaka (Ritsumeikan University, JAPAN)

Peter Csizmadia (Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
Service Outsourcing in Hungary: Results of an Empirical Research

Ichiro Iwasaki (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
State Control, Ownership Transformation, and Firm Restructuring: Hungarian Firms in The Post Large-Scale Privatization Period Paper

Miklos Szanyi (Institute of World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
Cluster Development In Tnc Supplier Networks Paper

Discussants: Bruno Dallago (University of Trento, Italy), Svetlana Avdasheva (SU HSE)

Session CSF-5: Micro analysis of Russian Firms
Date: August 30, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 102
Chairperson – Satoshi Mizobata (Kyoto University)

Svetlana Avdasheva (SU HSE)
Impact of mergers and business groups on the structure of russian transition markets and competition Paper

Ichiro Iwasaki (Hitotsubashi University)
The determinants of board composition in a transforming economy: Evidence from Russia Paper

Fumikazu Sugiura (Teikyo University)
The development of the capital structure and its implications to the corporate governance in Russian firms

Discussant – Andrei Vernikov (SU HSE)

Session CSF-6: Labor-management relations and corporate governance in Russian industrial enterprises: comparative view
Date: August 30, 2008
Time: 12:00 – 14:00
Auditorium: № 102
Chairperson – Ichiro Iwasaki (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)

Alexei Izyumov (University of Louisville)
Models of labor-management relations at the industrial enterprise: comparative view Paper

Leonid Kosals (SU HSE)
Labor-management relations in Russian industrial enterprise

Satoshi Mizobata (Kyoto University, Japan)
Changes of corporate governance and labor systems in transition: A comparison of Russia and Japan Paper

Vadim Radaev (SU HSE)
How Managers Establish Their Authority at the Russian Industrial Enterprise: A Typology and Empirical Evidence Paper

Session ELM-1: Human Capital and Labour Market
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 311
Chairperson – Marcello Signorelli (University of Perugia)

Vasiliy Anikin (SU HSE)
Russian Economy modernization problems: Non-manual workers and their Human capital preferences (via RLMS, 1994-2006) Annotation

Riccardo Leoni (University of Bergamo)
Informal Learning, Development of Key Competencies and Human Resource Management.The Importance of Organizational Design Paper

Enrico Marelli (University of Brescia)
Productivity, Employment and Human Capital in Eastern and Western European Countries Annotation Paper

Maaja Vadi (University of Tartu)
Does the societal culture benefit to the innovation: Some patterns from the European countries Paper

Session ELM-3: Labour Market and the Convergence Process
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 14:30 – 16:30
Auditorium: № 311
Chairperson – Sadayoshi Ohtsu (Osaka Sabgyo University)

Gerd Lenga (KNAUF)
Labour law and Labour market - comparison

Yulia Shitova (The "Dubna" International University for Nature, Society and Man)
Commuting in the Moscow region: a metodical and empirical analysis Paper

Aleksey Oshchepkov (SU HSE)
The Russian Regional Convergence Process, 1998-2006: Does the Space Matter? Paper

Session ELM-4: Labour Market in the Global World
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
Auditorium: № 311
Chairperson – Maria Yudkevich (SU HSE)

Marcello Signorelli (University of Perugia)
Youth Labour Market Performance in EU-27 Countries and Regions Annotation Paper

Andrea Szalavetz (Institute for World Economics of HAS)
Industry-university interactions to enhance the matching of demand and supply of human capital in Hungary Paper

Tatiana Karabchuk (SU HSE)
Job Instability in East Germany and Russia: comparative analysis on micro data Paper

Francesco Pastore (Seconda Università di Napoli)
The Youth Experience Gap. Explaining differences across EU countries

Discussant – Olga Lazareva (Centre for Economic and Financial Research)

Session ELM-5: Labour Market: Gender and Ethnic Issues
Date: August 30, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 311
Chairperson – Marcello Signorelli (University of Perugia)

Donata Favaro (Department of Economics M. Fanno, University of Padova, Italy), Tindara Addabbo (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
Education and wage differentials by gender in Italy Annotation Paper

Jack Hou (California State University, USA)
Rapid Economic Development and Job Segregation: The Case of Taiwan Annotation Paper

Ott Toomet (Tartu University)
Ethnic wage gap and political break-ups: Estonia during political and economic transition Paper

Discussant – Tatiana Karabchuk (Centre for Labour Market Studies, SU HSE)

Session ELM-6: Universities under Market Pressure
Date: August 30, 2008
Time: 12:00 – 14:00
Auditorium: № 311
Chairperson – Gur Ofer (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Jaan Masso (University of Tartu)
Estimating the need for PhDs in the academic, public and private sectors of Estonia Paper

Gur Ofer (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
From "Brain Drain" to "Brain Circulation": The Case of NES and Modern Economics in Russia Annotation Paper

Alexander Apokin (Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-term Forecasting)
Reasons for student employment: education signaling upside down Paper

Maria Yudkevich (SU HSE)
Budget Uncertainty and Faculty Contracts: A Dynamic Framework for Comparative Analysis Paper

Session FDI-5: FDI and Regional Economic Development
Date: August 30, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 101
Chairperson – Kazuhiro Kumo (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)

Pavel Vorobyev (Ural State Gorky University)
Effects of Regional Industry Agglomeration on Firm Performance in Russia Paper

Koen Schoors (CERISE - Centre for Russian International and Socio-Political and Economic Studies, Ghent University)
FDI and the Consequences - Towards more complete capture of spillover effects Annotation Paper

Andrey Belov (Fukui Prefectural University, Japan)
The Regional Allocation of Capital and Employment in the Russian Federation. Paper

Session FDI-6: FDI and its influence on economic development
Date: August 30, 2008
Time: 12:00 – 14:00
Auditorium: № 101
Chairperson – David Kemme (University of Memphis)

Tõnu Roolaht (University of Tartu, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration)
Inter-temporal Comparative View of the Estonian Inward-Outward FDI Pattern Annotation Paper

Cristiano Perugini (Department of Economics, Finance and Statistics. University of Perugia)
FDI, Skilled Labour Demand and Income Inequality in the European Economies Paper

Johannes Stephan (Halle Insttute for Economic Research)
FDI and the Domestic Innovation System – Evidence from East German manufacturing

Discussant – Lucio Vinhas de Souza (European Commission)

Session GCP-1: Economics of Multinationals
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 116
Chairperson – Victor Krasilshchikov (Institute of World Economy and International Relations)

Marie-Ann Betschinger (Department of International Business, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany)
FDI Heterogeneity and International Investment Agreements: Industry Evidence from Japanese Multinational Companies Annotation Paper

Giovanni Balcet (Università di Torino)
Technology transfer, joint ventures and the emergence of Indian multinationals: the case of the automotive industry Paper

Sanjaya Acharya (Hokkaido University)
Globalisation and Pro-poor Growth: Developing a Win-Win Strategy Annotation Paper

Discussant – Julia Korosteleva (UCL)

Session GCP-3: World Trade, Integration and Price Interdependence
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 14:30 – 16:30
Auditorium: № 116
Chairperson – Bruno Dallago (University of Trento)

Semir Daskapan (Delft University of Technology)
Improving global trade performance indicators in transition economies Annotation Paper

Frederique Festoc-Louis, Nolwenn Roudaut (Universite Bretagne-Sud)
Eu-27 : Is Trade Integration Completed? Annotation Paper

Vladimir Kossov (SU HSE)
Relative Prices as an Instrument of Forecasting of Prices Annotation Paper

Discussant – Horst Brezinski (TU Bergakademie Freiberg)

Session ICES-1: Economic history and its influence on current economic development
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 513
Chairperson – Alexander Chepurenko (SU HSE)

Kazuhiro Kumo (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
Long-Term Population Statistics for Russia, 1867-2002 Paper

Joachim  Zweynert (University of Hamburg and Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI))
Economic Ideas and Institutional Change: Some Evidence from Recent Russian Economic Debates

Yury Goland (Institute of Economy RAS)
Russian Reforms: Comparing the New Economic Policy Period (1921-1928) to Post- Soviet Russia (1992-2007) Annotation Paper

Marcus Miller (University of Warwick)
Punishment without Crime? Prison as a worker discipline device

Discussant – Oleg Ananyin (SU HSE)

Session ICES-3: Innovations and Innovation Policy
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 14:30 – 16:30
Auditorium: № 513
Chairperson – Urmas Varblane (University of Tartu)

Zoran Aralica (The Institute of Economics)
R&D Activities as a Growth Factor Paper

Will Bartlett (University of Bristol)
Innovation and Skills in the Western Balkans: A comparative analysis of Croatian and Serbian policies Annotation Paper

Dražen Barković (J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek), Mira Lulić (J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Faculty of Law in Osijek)
Croatia and the Knowledge-Based Economy: Making a transition Annotation Paper

Session ICES-4: New Approaches to Comparative Economics
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
Auditorium: № 513
Chairperson – Jens Holscher (University of Brighton)

Karl Aiginger (Austrian Institute of Economic Research)
The ability to adapt: why it differs between the Scandinavian and Continental European Model Paper

Eve Parts (University of Tartu, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration)
Social Capital and Human Capital as Interacting Factors of Economic Development: Evidence From Europe Annotation Paper

Oleg Ananyin (SU HSE)
Comparative Turn in Economics: Fact, Illusion, or an Imperative?

Discussant – Yury Goland (Institute of Economy RAS)

Session ICES-5: Regulation, Bureaucrats and Economic Development
Date: August 30, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 513
Chairperson – Oleg Ananyin (SU HSE)

Ewa Freyberg (Warsaw School of Economics)
How to regulate better? Regulation reform in EU countries and the US economy. Paper

Michael Keren (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Good bureaucracies, bad bureaucracies, and the soft budget constraint Annotation Paper

Alexander Tonis (New Economic School)
Instability of Democracy as Resource Curse Paper

Randolph Bruno (DARRT, Department of Economics, University of Bologna)
Rule of Law, Quality of Institutions and Information Annotation Paper

Discussant – Maria Yudkevich (SU HSE)

Session PPPP-5: Development of Healthcare Sector
Date: August 30, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 116
Chairperson – Will Bartlett (University of Bristol)

Rodrigo Moreno-Serra (University of York), Adam Wagstaff (The World Bank)
Europe and Central Asia's Great Post-Communist Social Health Insurance Experiment: Aggregate Impacts on Health Sector Outcomes Annotation Paper

Will Bartlett (University of Bristol)
Quasi-Markets and Beyond: the Political Economy of Partial Reform in the English National Health Service Paper

Natalia Reznichenko (Graduate School of Management, Saint-Petersburg State University)
Public-Private Partnerships in Healthcare Sector: Trends and Lessons Learned (Applying to Russian Healthcare Market) Annotation

Discussant – Laura Solanko (Bank of Finland)

Session PT-1: Transition Results and Consequences - 1
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 522
Chairperson – Bozidar Cerovic (Belgrade University)

Svetlana Glinkina (Institute of Economy RAS, Russia)
Methodology of the multilevel analysis of postcomunist transformations Annotation Paper

Ileana Tache (Transilvania University of Brasov)
The Mass Privatization Process in Romania: A Case of Failed Anglo-Saxon Capitalism Paper

Dragoljub Stojanov (University of Rijeka, Economic faculty )
Pareto,Institutional setting and B&H Transition failure Paper

Discussant – Jens Holscher (University of Brighton)

Session PT-3: Transition results and consequences - 2
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 14:30 – 16:30
Auditorium: № 522
Chairperson – Joachim Zweynert (University of Hamburg and Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI))

Fethi Ghariani (FSEGT), Ridha Chkoundali (ISG)
Inequality, Growth and Institutions Annotation

Alberto Chilosi (Department of Economics - University of Pisa)
Poverty, Population, Development, and Transition in Historical Perspective Paper

Martin Myant (University of the West of Scotland)
The Variety of Interest Groups, Institutions, and Development After Transition: Applied to the Development of Enterprises in Post-Communist Countries Paper

Discussant – Svetlana Glinkina (Institute of Economy RAS, Russia)

Session PT-4: Institutional Trajectories of Transition Countries and EU influence
Date: August 29, 2008
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
Auditorium: № 522
Chairperson – Hubert Gabrisch (Halle Institute for Economic Research)

Rainer Schweickert (Kiel Institut for the World Economy)
Does Membership Matter? – External vs. Internal Drivers of Institutional Change in European Transition Countries Annotation Paper

Simon Commander (EBRD)
A Model of the Informal Economy with An Application to Ukraine Paper

Marcello Signorelli (University of Perugia - Department of Economics, Finance and Statistics)
Public Expenditure Composition and Underground Activities: Evidence from Transition Countries Annotation

Christian Lorenz (Centre for International Migration and Development, Germany)
Measuring corruption and its impacts on foreign direct investments

Session PT-5: FSU Countries - Institutional Trajectories
Date: August 30, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 522
Chairperson – Horst Brezinski (TU Bergakademie Freiberg)

Alexandr Akimov (Griffith University)
Financial development policies in Uzbekistan: analysis of achievements and failures Paper

David Kemme (University of Memphis)
When are traditional guides for monetary policy useful in transition economies? NAIRU in Kazakhstan Paper

Thorvaldur Gylfason (University of Iceland), Eduard Hochreiter (Joint Vienna Institute)
Growing Apart? A Tale of Two Republics: Estonia and Georgia Paper

Session SME-5: Entrepreneurship and SME - 1
Date: August 30, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Auditorium: № 125
Chairperson – Vadim Radaev (SU HSE)

Chiara Guglielmetti (School on Local Development, University of Trento, Director Professor Bruno Dallago)
SMEs entrepreneurship, quality of institutions and development: the World Bank Doing Business Indicators Annotation

Tomasz Mickiewicz (UCL)
The Business Start-up Financing, Institutional Environment and Characteristics of the Entrepreneurs Annotation Paper

Bruno Dallago (University of Trento)
Cooperatives and transformation: A comparative evaluation of the South African cooperative strategy Annotation

Magdolna Sass (Institute of Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
BPO et alias: relocation and outsourcing of services activities to Hungary

Session SME-6: Entrepreneurship and SME - 2
Date: August 30, 2008
Time: 12:00 – 14:00
Auditorium: № 125
Chairperson – Tatiana Dolgopyatova (SU HSE)

Bruno Dallago (University of Trento)
SMEs, SME policy and competitiveness in Hungary Annotation

Randolph Bruno (DARRT, Department of Economics, University of Bologna)
Entry of New Firms in Russia: An Empirical Analysis Annotation Paper

Alexander Chepurenko (SU HSE)
Entrepreneurial activity in Russia in cross-national comparison: Paper

Discussant – Leonid Kosals (SU HSE)