Innovation, by Order of the Kremlin
April 12, 2010 Edited by Brahm Canzer
Filed under Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Description: AROUND the time that Apple Computer was making it big in California, Andrey Shtorkh was getting a first-hand look at the Soviet approach to high tech: he guarded the fence keeping scientists inside Sverdlovsk-45, one of the country’s secret scientific cities, deep in the Ural Mountains.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: 04/10/2010
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/business/global/11russia.html?ref=business
Questions for discussion:
- What does this article suggest about changing attitudes towards business and entrepreneurialism in Russia?
- Do you believe the movement described here is genuine and sustainable?
