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Reducing Structural Dominance and Entry Barriers in Russian Industry

Many industrial firms in Russia have undergone changes in ownership, but relatively few have been competitively restructured. Using survey and other data, the author suggests that much of Russian industry is immune from robust competition because of heavy vertical integration, geographic segmentatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Broadman, Harry G.
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
industrialization
enterprise restructuring
competition (economic)
trade barriers
integration
market demand
market competitive advantage
regulatory framework
reform implementation
privatization criteria
anti-competitive practices
bank loans
barriers to entry
branches
budget constraints
business development
business environment
central planning
coal
collusion
company
competition law
competition policy
competitors
consumers
corporate control
corporate governance
debt
dominant firm
downsizing
economic barriers
economic power
economies of scale
economists
empirical analysis
empirical evidence
empirical studies
employment
enterprise reform
entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
expansion
financial institutions
firm size
firms
foreign direct investment
GDP
Horizontal integration
imports
income
industrial enterprises
investment expenditures
labor force
leasing
legislation
licensing
local authorities
manufacturing enterprises
market economies
market power
medium size enterprises
mergers
monopolies
monopoly
natural resources
oil
open economies
personal savings
policy makers
political economy
positive externalities
predatory pricing
price controls
price fixing
private property
producers
product differentiation
product markets
productivity
profit margins
property rights
refrigeration
savings
small business
small businesses
small enterprises
small firms
SME
SME development
SME managers
SME sector
state owned enterprises
sunk costs
suppliers
tax concessions
tax rates
technical assistance
transactions costs
transition economies
vertical concentration
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21604

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