Die Konzentration von Wissenschaft und Forschung in nationalen Akademien der Wissenschaften war eines der typischen Merkmale der Wissenschaftsorganisation in den ehemals staatssozialistischen Ländern. Nach dem Zerfall des politischen Systems in diesen Ländern sahen sich die Forschungsinstitute...

To achieve sustainable economic growth in transition countries, it is crucial that enterpriseperformance is improved. However, it is not a priori clear which factors are essential for this. ForRussia, data to investigate the potential determinants of enterprise performance is scarce.Therefore,...

This paper uses 1985-1999 manufacturing census data for old Russian enterprises to calculate the magnitude and productivity effects of gross job flow rates before and after reforms. Job creation was low throughout the period in this sector, but increased slightly during the transition, while job...