Based on a series of interviews with managers of medical and pharmaceutical companies and analysis of special literature, the authors try to identify zones in which the full innovation cycle is occurring, from the creation of fundamentally new products to their full commercialization, and to...

Using the results of a survey of Russian corporate executives in the late 2010 we reveal the relationship between the actions undertaken in 2009—2010 and performance measures. Only sustainable cost leadership strategic position, partially based on intensive use of subcontractors and...

Based on the data from a large-scale survey of enterprises a typology of companies strategic positioning has been built and the factors that affect sustainability of the strategic position have been determined. We have found that the superior strategic position (measured as a positive...

The financial crisis of August 17, 1998, has created a unique situation in domestic industry. The operating conditions of virtually all business entities have been radically altered. The new "rules of the game" are being formed "as they go along," since the macro level is not providing the...