This publication presents analysis of handling regular business surveys of Russian industrial enterprises, information capacity of such surveys and analytical findings. Analysis summarizes 18 years experience of IEP’s surveys: from the choice of envelopes for sending questionnaires to obtained...

This paper is a continuation of the research «Competition in the Russian Industry (1995–2002)», exercised and published by Gaidar Institute in 2003. Monitoring, based on the business surveys’ fi ndings enabled to trace the development of competition during the pre crisis period of rapid...

According to business surveys carried out by the Gaidar Institute1, the initial data on the state of the Russian industry in the beginning of 2015 which was called a crisis year has little evidence of the crisis. The actual dynamics of demand and output, estimates of stocks of fi nished products...

According to the business surveys of the Gaidar Institute1, the first data of December on the Russian industry has no (pre)crisis evidence. Demand demonstrated the dynamics which is typical of the end of the year; sales volumes suit most enterprises and there is no concern about stocks of fi...

The data obtained by Gaidar Institute’s business surveys show that anticipations concerning consumer growth in May, which encouraged enterprises to increase their output, were not borne out, and the June growth in output against weakening demand became a problem for the Russian industrial...

First data of Gaidar Institute’s business surveys on the situation in the Russian production sector in May 2013 show that the situation has been deteriorating in the sector. Enterprises had to further slow down their output, lower prices, reduce the number of employees and be very careful...

According to the data obtained during a series of business surveys conducted by Gaidar Institute1, the situation with the Russian industrial sector in July 2013 can be evaluated through a few of contradictive components, namely continued demand weakening, mass usage of the price factor for sales...

As industry gets back into work mode after the January holidays1 this is occurring slowly and does not promise any new positive trends. A steeper decline in demand has resulted in the slowdown of output with the normal levels of excess reserves of finished products. Companies are having to be...

According to the data of business surveys carried out by the Gaidar Institute1, the first estimates of March did not identify any principal changes in the dynamics of demand, output, employment and investments of the Russian industry. However, enterprises’ prices have, probably, started to...

According to the data of business surveys of the Gaidar Institute1, in October there were no principal changes neither in the dynamics of the demand, nor in the dynamics of the output of the Russian industry. The above situation caused growth in dissatisfaction about the volumes of current sales...