Russia's innovation reform - the current state of the special economic zones

Approximately 20 special economic zones (SEZs) have been founded in Russia. Four of them are innovation zones, two manufacturing zones, seven tourism zones, three port zones and two old zones of the 1990's, namely the Kaliningrad SEZ and the Magadan SEZ. Additionally, four gambling zones are to be opened by July 2009. The Russian SEZs currently produce more plans than results i.e. unrealistic plans characterise the contemporary Russian SEZs. Only the Kaliningrad SEZ and the Magadan SEZ can be classified as fully operational, and therefore, it is far too early to make any firm conclusion on the economic impact of these zones on the Russian economy. On the other hand, it is highly recommendable that a follow-up of the Russian SEZs will be carried out in 3-5 years from now, since the results of today do not necessarily describe the potential of tomorrow.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	LIUHTO, Kari
Published in:	REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT. - Facultatea de Management. - Vol. 10.2009, 1, p. 85-94
Publisher:	Facultatea de Management
Subject:	special economic zone \| innovation reform \| SWOT analysis

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	H79 - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations. Other ; O38 - Government Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics