Russia: Sources & Links

0.  Country Overview

1)      “Country Report: Russia”  The Economist Intelligence Unit.  Jan 2004.  www.eiu.com

1.  Analysis: National IT Strengths and Weaknesses

2)      “Risk E-Business: Seizing the Opportunity of Global E-Readiness”  McConnell International in collaboration with WITSA.  Aug 2000.  http://www.mcconnellinternational.com/ereadiness/EReadiness Report.htm

3)      “Main Policy Messages from the Helsinki Seminar on Innovation Policy and the Valorization of Science and Technology in Russia”  March 1-2, 2003.  http://www.intas.be/news

4)      Rumiantsev, A.  “The Economy Needs a Technological Push”  Problems of Economic Transition.  Armonk: Aug a997. Vol. 40, Iss 4; pg. 71, 9pgs

5)      Ernst & Young.  Presentation: “The Russia IT Market: Analysis and Review”  2^nd US-Russia ICT Roundtable San Mateo, CA: Feb 20, 2003.

2.  Size of Domestic IT Market

6)      “Growth Predicted for Russia’s IT Sector this Year”  World IT Report. London: April 10, 2003.

7)      Naumenko, Larisa.  “Russia Loses Ground in IT Race”  Moscow Times.  Feb 19, 2003.  http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/7070-19.cfm

8)      “WITSA member Profile: APKIT, the Information and Computer Technologies Industry Association of Russia”  World Information Technology Services Organization.  Aug 2002.  http://witsa.org/profiles/apkit.htm

9)      Saytarly, Timofey. “Russia: Information Technologies and the Prospects of Development”  Computer Crime Research Center.  Jul 7, 2003.  http://www.crime-research.org/eng/news/2003/07/Mess0702.html

10)  Keuylian, Ohannes.  Presentation: “Russia IT and Telecom Market”  International Business Development.  Industry Canada.

11)  Ernst & Young.  Presentation: “The Russia IT Market: Analysis and Review”  2^nd US-Russia ICT Roundtable San Mateo, CA: Feb 20, 2003.

3.  National ICT Policies

12)  “Russia and China May Cooperate in Telecommunications and IT”  World IT Report.  London: Apr 9, 2003.

13)  “Development of information-communication technologies in Russia in the process of setting up of the Global Information Society”  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Science & Technology for Development Network.  http://r0.unctad.org/stdev/un/russia.htm

14)  “E-Russia Federal Program”  New Economy Foundation.  Dec 28, 2002.  http://www.neweco.ru

15)  “eGovernment Russia”  EGovernment Resource Centre: Russia.  http://www.egov.vic.gov.au/Internation/Europe/Russia/russia.htm

16)  “Erussia Summary” New Economy Foundation.  Dec 26, 2002. http://www.neweco.ru/main.html?r=23&id=1040897520

17)  Skiden, Ulla.  “E-Russia Program to put the Country Online”  Center for Digital Government. Jul 2003.

18)  “From Russia with IT”  KableNET.com  Aug 4, 2003.  www.kablenet.com

4.  Telecommunication Infrastructure

19)  “Russia will have 35M Mobile Phone Users by the end of 2003”  BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union.  London: Oct 20, 2003.

20)  Goldstein, Boris and Nikolay Sokolov.  “Telecommunications in Russia”  IEEE Communications Magazine.  St. Petersburg: August 2000.

21)  Lakaeva, Irina and Inna Nazarova.  “Overview of Electronic Commerce in Russia” BISNIS and the US Commercial Service.  Moscow: Aug 30, 2000.

22)  Breiter, Maria.  “Satellite Telecommunications in Russia” Business Information Service for the Newly Independent states (BISNIS).  Dec 1998. www.bisnis.doc.gov

23)  Breiter, Maria.  “Liberalization and Privatization of Telecommunications in Russia”  US Commercial Service.  Moscow: Aug 31, 1999.

24)  Yudaeva, Ksenia.  “Telecommunications Reform”  World Bank Transition Newsletter July/August/September 2003.  http://www.worldbank.org/transitionnewsletter

25)  Braliev, Alzhan.  “.ru”  Country Profiles.  Harvard University.  p. 272, 273.

26)  Kharif, Olga. “Russia: Playing Catch-Up in Tech” BusinessWeek online.  March 4, 2003.  http://businessweek.com

27)  Dutta, Lanvin, and Paua.  “The Global Information Technology Report”  Oxford Press: 2002-2003.

5.  Telecommunication Regulation and Liberalization

28)  “Russia will have 35M Mobile Phone Users by the end of 2003”  BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union.  London: Oct 20, 2003.

29)  Goldstein, Boris and Nikolay Sokolov.  “Telecommunications in Russia”  IEEE Communications Magazine.  St. Petersburg: August 2000.

30)  Lakaeva, Irina and Inna Nazarova.  “Overview of Electronic Commerce in Russia” BISNIS and the US Commercial Service.  Moscow: Aug 30, 2000.

31)  Breiter, Maria.  “Satellite Telecommunications in Russia” Business Information Service for the Newly Independent states (BISNIS).  Dec 1998. www.bisnis.doc.gov

32)  Breiter, Maria.  “Liberalization and Privatization of Telecommunications in Russia”  US Commercial Service.  Moscow: Aug 31, 1999.

33)  Yudaeva, Ksenia.  “Telecommunications Reform”  World Bank Transition Newsletter July/August/September 2003.  http://www.worldbank.org/transitionnewsletter

34)   “Russian Minister in Davos promotes rapidly-growing telecoms sector” BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union.  London: Jan 24, 2004.

6.  Computing, Internet Diffusion & Cultural Attitudes toward Technology

35)   “More Russians get online” Centre of Community Networking and Information Policy Studies (CCNS)  News: Russia & NIS.  http://www.communities.org.ru/news/124.htm

36)  “Russia’s Internet Penetration Up 2.7 Percent” World IT Report. London: May 4, 2003.

37)   “Russia plans fivefold increase in public access to Internet by 2008” BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union.  London: Sep 8, 2003.

38)  Fedotova, Elena.  “Russian Internet Market Review – June 2000”  http://eng.ricn.ru/analytics/review_june2000.shtml

39)  Johnson, Mark.  “The Man who Wired Russia”  Global Finance. New York: Apr 2003. Vol.17, Iss. 4; pg.6, 2 pgs

40)  Ernst & Young.  Presentation: “The Russia IT Market: Analysis and Review”  2^nd US-Russia ICT Roundtable San Mateo, CA: Feb 20, 2003.

7.  ICT Usage by Businesses

41)  Machlis, Sharon.  “E-commerce Chronicles: Risking Russia”  Computerworld.  April 26, 2001.  http://wwwcomputerworld.com

42)  “Russia Enters the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA)”  Outsourcing-Russia.com.  Dec 9, 2003.  http://www.outsourcing-russia.com/news/2003/12/9/03/index.html

43)  Baker & McKenzie.  “Doing E-commerce in Europe - Russia”  Doing E-Commerce in Europe.  pg. 239, 17pgs

44)  Lakaeva, Irina and Inna Nazarova.  “Overview of Electronic Commerce in Russia” BISNIS and the US Commercial Service.  Moscow: Aug 30, 2000.

8.  E-Government

45)  “From Russia with IT”  KableNET.com  Aug 4, 2003.  www.kablenet.com

46)  “Erussia Summary” New Economy Foundation.  Dec 26, 2002. http://www.neweco.ru/main.html?r=23&id=1040897520

47)  Skiden, Ulla.  “E-Russia Program to put the Country Online”  Center for Digital Government. Jul 2003.

48)  “Russia plans fivefold increase in public access to Internet by 2008” BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union.  London: Sep 8, 2003.

49)  TNS Consultants: M. Hood , W. Mellor and V. Parr.  “Government Online: a national perspective”  2001 Benchmarking Research Study.  Taylor Nelson SOFRES.  November 2001.

9.  Domestic Production: Software Development, Hardware Manufacturing, R&D

50)   “Siberian Firm Opens Florida Office to Offer Information-Technology Outsourcing”  Michael Sasso.  Knight Ridder tribune Business News.  Washington: Dec 30, 2003.

51)  Ackerman, Elise. “Russia Joins High-Tech Worker Game” Knight Ridder Tribune Business News.  Washington: Nov 22,2002.

52)  Lakaeva, Irina.  “Trends in the Russian IT Market”  US Commercial Service Moscow.  2002.  www.buyusa.gov/russia/en/

53)  Lakaeva, Irina.  “Computer Software Market in Russia”  US Commercial Service Moscow.  2000.  www.bisnis.doc.gov/bisnis/country/001005Soft.htm

54)  Terekhov, Andrey.  “The Russian Software Industry”  Country Report.  IEEE Software: November/December 2001.

55)  Ernst & Young.  Presentation: “The Russia IT Market: Analysis and Review”  2^nd US-Russia ICT Roundtable San Mateo, CA: Feb 20, 2003.

10. IT Workforce

56)  “I2IT to offer courses in Russia”  Businessline.  Chennai: Jan 22, 2004.

57)  Carmel, Erran.  Presentation: “Landscape of Human Capital in IT”  Feb 17, 2004.

58)  Kharif, Olga. “Russia: Playing Catch-Up in Tech” BusinessWeek online.  March 4, 2003.  http://businessweek.com

59)  Ernst & Young.  Presentation: “The Russia IT Market: Analysis and Review”  2^nd US-Russia ICT Roundtable San Mateo, CA: Feb 20, 2003.

60)  Terekhov, Andrey.  “The Russian Software Industry” IEEE Software November/December 2001.

11.  IT Geographics

61)  Moscow Engineering & Physics Institute (State University) – MEPhI  http://park.mephi.ru/win/english/inf_serv.htm

62)  SPICA Directory Online.  “Business Incubators / Technology Parks in Russia”  http://www.spica-directory.net/centers/?country_id=47

12.  IT Financing

63)  Goncharoff, Katherine.  “Intel Capital bets on ru-Net”  The Daily Deal.  New York: May 16, 2003.

64)  Kharif, Olga. “Russia: Playing Catch-Up in Tech” BusinessWeek online.  March 4, 2003.  http://businessweek.com

65)  Borzo, Jeanette.  “Net Start-Ups in Russia Seek Business Smarts --- Western Expertise Rivals Cash as Assets Wanted by Fledgling Capitalists”  Wall Street Journal. (Eastern Edition). New York, NY: Jun 12, 2000

66)  Davis, Aaron.  “Russia Pushed as Tech-Growth Market”  Knight Ridder Tribune Business News.  Washington: Feb 21, 2003

67)  Kanellos, Michael.  “Russia retools law to build IT Industry”  CNET News.com Jan 29, 2004.  http://news.comcom/2100-1028-5150536.html

68)  Ernst & Young.  Presentation: “The Russia IT Market: Analysis and Review”  2^nd US-Russia ICT Roundtable San Mateo, CA: Feb 20, 2003.

13.  IT Legal Environment

69)  Henderson, Steven.  “Russia: Lack of legal framework hampers Russia’s e-commerce potential”  International Tax Review.  London: 2001.  Iss.4; pg 144, 3 pgs

70)  Herron, Erik.  “Information Technology and Legislation in Russia”  Information Policy in Post-Communist States.  http://www.msu.edu/~herrone2/IT/info_policy.html

71)  Lovells Client Note.  “E-commerce in Russia: the new revolution”  Feb 2003.

72)  Kharif, Olga. “Russia: Playing Catch-Up in Tech” BusinessWeek online.  March 4, 2003.  http://businessweek.com

73)  Patterson, Carol.  Presentation: “Commercial Law Issues in Russia”  Baker & McKenzie.  Toronto: Jun 17, 2003.

74)  George, Arthur.  “Legal Reforms Bolster Russia’s IT Sector”  Baker & McKenzie.  Chicago: 2003.