Energy industries in Russia and in Northwest Russia in particular are of the utmost importance and occupy the largest shares in the total industrial production and exports. Northwest Russia is developing into the major export hub for the Russian energy exports. It means that the appropriate...

This study examines the Northwest Russian forest industry, traditionally the regions most important industry, its competitiveness and future prospects. The transition to the market economy and privatization have left their mark on the industry. Demand and markets have changed, requiring new...

Northwest Russia and particularly St. Petersburg were a globally important development center for information and communication technologies (ICT) during 1850-1950. The regions position of strength deteriorated after this period as a consequence of the choices made about technology and Soviet...

This book presents the Northwest Russian metal industries and the most important companies, and examines their competitiveness and future prospects. Metal industry plays an important role in Northwest Russia. Its share in the industrial output is over 20%. The transition from the socialistic...

Finnish and Russian energy clusters widely use resources and competences of each other. They can be considered as a good example of broader phenomenon which is internationalisation of clusters. Though these clusters are on very different development stages their internationalisation ambitions,...