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The Role of Foreign Partners as Investors or Customers in the Development of Small Innovative Firms
The Role of Foreign Partners as Investors or Customers in the Development of Small Innovative Firms
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The creation of those conditions was facilitated by the following factors: · long-standing scientific contacts between Obninsk research institutes and international organizations and foreign scientific centers in various fields · focused efforts to search for partners, as well as support of projects having high priority in terms of their importance for economic development · long and fruitful cooperation with Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as our sister city · positive experience cooperating with the Eurasia Foundation on diversified efforts to support market-oriented economic reforms in Russia · successful teamwork on Tacis Program projects · participation in the project entitled "Technological Cooperation Between Kaluga Oblast and the Netherlands" Of course this list of factors is not complete, with the most important factor being the Program for the Development of Obninsk as a Translated from the Russian by Kelly Robbins.
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, footwear manufacturing (the Shafran limited liability company) , medical technologies and pharmaceuticals (Vienna-Obninsk Biomedical Laboratory, the German Intensive Therapy Clinic, Mir-Pharm)
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Cyco Software management first visited Obninsk in 1991. They had received information about the city from the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs and from some of their friends who had high-tech business contacts with a subsidiary of the Russian State Research Center Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE)
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All products and systems have been developed for American companies and individuals, and the parent firm in California is responsible for routine contacts with customers and technical support for its software products. The use of the entire spectrum of modern telecommunications technologies, such as the Internet, IP-telephony, remote paging, and cellular telecommunications helps to eliminate any inconveniences related to the two companies being in different time zones and located so far apart.
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In lanuary 2000 the project was bought by AutoByTel for $20 million. Other examples of successful projects include the following: · a real-time system for tracking financial transactions of ticket vending machines and gauging passenger flows in San Francisco subway stations (the customer was Bay Area Rapid Transfer)
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In the near future, SSI/Russia will be considering options for expanding cooperation with information technology companies in Europe in order to diversify its market and smooth out workload fluctuations caused by the American market. The availability of highly qualified personnel with the necessary skills and knowledge, the absence of language barriers in communications not only among management but also with rank-and-file workers, and accessible opportunities for familiarization with current experience all contributed to the success of the companies mentioned above.
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Other opportunities involve continuing business contacts within the "business-to-business" project and attracting the Dutch-American Investment Fund SEAF to Obninsk. · This activity is supported by the authorities on both sides the Obninsk City Administration and the Netherlands government via the SENTER Agency.
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The directors of the program have approved projects involving the joint participation of RAPIT and the Franco-Russian Institute of Business Administration (FRIDAS) in developing the international marketing plan for Obninsk and creating the website "Investors Guide." · An application is being prepared for participation in a joint project entitled "Development and Creation of a Package of Presentation and
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· A joint project is being prepared for collaboration between the Chambers of Commerce of Obninsk and Oak Ridge. · It would be wrong to say that joint enterprises and firms with 100 percent foreign capital contribute substantially to the city's economy.
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