We use enterprise data to analyse and contrast the determinants of enterprise performance in China and Russia. We find … that in China, enterprise growth and efficiency is associated with rapid increases in factor inputs, but not correlated … with ownership or institutional factors. However, in Russia, enterprise growth is not associated with increases in factor …

We trace the rise of the so called oligarchs in post-Soviet Russia and examine their relationship to income … distribution in Russia. When Russia moved to a market economy in the 1990s a new business elite evolved. Russia's distinctive path …

(China, India, Russia, Brazil) on the other. -- Climate change ; global negotiation …