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report 10

Research and Development (R&D) Conversion in Russia

by Ksenia Gonchar

Contents

Summary in German

Introduction

The Russian R&D Market and the Defense Complex

• Tree of many branches: how research is organized in Russia
• Defense R&D: general indicators
• Financing R&D
• Do civilian and defense R&D sectors compete for public finance?
• R&D and manufacturing in the defense complex: comparative analysis of trends

R&D: Sectoral and Regional Profiles

• Sectoral shifts and output decline in defense-related R&D
• Regional aspects of redirecting R&D
• Closed scientific towns: a special case

State Science and Technology Policy in the Defense Complex

• "Hands-off" versus "champions" approach
• Shaping military R&D
• State policy on R&D conversion
• Shaping the new innovation system

Employment Aspects of R&D Conversion

• The labor market for defense R&D
• The human dimension of R&D conversion
• The ‘brain drain’ problem

International Cooperation in R&D

• Intergovernmental R&D cooperation
• Industrial connections

Conclusions

Acronyms

Reference