There has been much in the news lately about Skolkovo, Russia’s answer to Silicon Valley. In a few days California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, with a delegation of U.S. venture capitalists, will arrive in Moscow and tour Skolkovo as a follow-up to President Medvedev’s trip to Silicon Valley last June. The Governor’s trip will no doubt [...]
Posts Tagged ‘modernization’
Russian Silicon Valley in Skolkovo?
Posted in Business, Modernization, US-Russia Relations, tagged Innovation, modernization, Skolkovo, US Russia on October 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Modernization – “If we just had more computers”
Posted in Business, tagged Gorbachev, modernization, Putin on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Twenty-five years ago this month, Gorbachev assumed the top leadership post in the Soviet Politburo. I had not remembered this date, but was reminded while reading an interesting article in Russian Life (an excellent magazine) about Perestroika. It was a first-hand report by Tamara Eidelman, a teacher in Moscow and the magazine’s history editor, of [...]
