Successes and Difficulties of Small Innovative Firms in Russian Nuclear Cities Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop (2002) / Chapter Skim
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Nuclear Cities Initiative: Interests of the Program
Nuclear Cities Initiative: Interests of the Program
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I am especially interested in discussions on · successes and failures in creating or expanding commercial businesses · marketing strategies for domestic or foreign markets · components that enable success and, on the other hand, obstacles to success · sources of external financing · other strategies for increasing the effectiveness of business development I would like to take a few minutes to discuss the broad outlines of NCI and share with you some of our experience to date. RUSSIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX The five nuclear cities we are addressing in this workshop are only a part of the Russian nuclear weapons complex.
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NCI works in cooperation with Minatom to redirect functions and equipment in the weapons complex; reduce the physical footprint; and create sustainable, alternative nonweapons work within a functioning city economy. Strategies to accomplish these goals include · creating jointly developed city plans for accelerated downsizing of the Russian nuclear weapons complex
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. Commercial infrastructure supported by NCI in each city includes staffed and resourced business centers, telecommunications infrastructure, technoparks, business training modules and facilities, and loan centers that provide easier credit access.
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The objective is to place each nuclear city on the path to economic diversification and sustained commercial development, to support our joint nonproliferation goals of weapons complex downsizing and alternative employment for displaced workers. The NCI exit strategy is to complete program activities and move on to new cities once these program goals are met.
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Training has included sessions on business plan development, managerial leadership, project management, marketing, and English language instruction. Related to this, there have been numerous exchanges bringing Russian managers to the United States to visit commercial firms of many types and learn first-hand the reasons for their success.
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Facilities for nuclear weapons work were converted to facilities for the production of kidney dialysis equipment, in cooperation with the Western partner Fresenius. The project was also leveraged with funds from the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC)
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New projects to accelerate facility downsizing and provide alternative employment opportunities for displaced weapons workers will be identified, evaluated, and funded. Although much commercial infrastructure has been built, NCI will continue to support business infrastructure where needed.
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