The first year of the project "Internationalization of Companies from Developing Countries: The Role of Intellectual Resources in Response to Exogenous Shocks", implemented in 2025–2027 under the HSE University Joint Basic Research Projects ‘International Academic Cooperation’ competition, has been successfully concluded. The project is carried out by the International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy at HSE University in collaboration with Iran University of Science and Technology, under the supervision of Maria Molodchik and Amir Zakeri. All planned commitments for the first year have been fully fulfilled.

On October 30^th-31^st, the Perm campus of the National Research University "Higher School of Economics" (HSE) hosted researchers from 16 Russian and 9 international universities for the XII International Conference on Applied Research in Economics "iCare." The two-day event focused on internationalization in emerging economies, featuring key presentations from Professor Kazi Sohag, Head of the Laboratory of International and Regional Economics at Ural Federal University (h-index 41), and Professor Kayhan Tajeddini of Tokyo International University's Department of Strategic Management and International Business.

From October 21 to 24, 2025, the 23rd Conference on International Exchange of Professionals took place in Shanghai and Beijing, bringing together more than 7,000 scientists and experts from around the world. HSE University was represented by Ivan Arzhantsev, Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science, and Vasily Gromov, Head of the Laboratory for Semantic Analysis of the Centre for Language and Semantic Technologies.

A joint research group from HSE University and the University of Campinas discusses the possibilities for creating a new international settlement system for developing countries with Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr., former Vice President of the BRICS New Development Bank and former IMF Executive Director, and Marcos V. Chiliatto, Executive Director of the World Bank.

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On September 15, the first joint seminar of the International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy and the team from Iran University of Science and Technology took place, focusing on key factors for successful internationalization of companies from developing countries. During the seminar, two studies were presented, revealing the role of intellectual resources and the transfer of complex technologies in entering global markets.

A joint research group from HSE University and the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) discusses the possibilities of creating a new international settlement system for developing countries.

HSE University and the University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil) have announced the launch of a major joint research project to develop new approaches to an alternative international financial system. The initiative, which brings together leading experts in global economics and finance, seeks to analyse the current state of international financial architecture and explore ways of transforming it in the context of a changing geopolitical landscape.

A research team from the Higher School of Economics (HSE University) and Mariam A. Voskanyan, Head of the Department of Economics and Finance at the Russian-Armenian University, discussed the prospects and challenges of developing financial systems in the EAEU and BRICS countries.