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Introduction                 

5

Chapter I. Business Environment: Formation Tendencies               

9

1.1. Starting Conditions for Business Environment Formation                   

9

1.2. Structural Policy as a Possibility of Regulating Conditions for Business Development

24

1.3. Program Aspect of Enterprises Development in the Starting Period of Transformation 

32

1.4. New Trends of Business Environment Formation in the Region                      

44

1.4.1. Basic Parameters of the Russian Socio-Economic Develop­ ment Model        

44

1.4.2. Administrative Regionalization - New Administrative-Inte­grated Communities

45

1.4.3. Competition        

51

1.4.4. Business Environment Assessment Methods

54

Chapter 2. Business Environment in the Region's Industry

66

2.1. Regional Aspect of State Regulation of the Business Environment Conditions  

66

2.2. Behavioral Response of Industrial Business to Starting Reform Conditions

80

2.3. Potentialities for the Development of Industrial Business in the Khabarovsk Krai Machine-Building Industry

100

2.4. Scenarios of the Machine-Building Development and their Imple­mentation Measures    

127

Chapter 3. Small Business in the Far Eastern Region                      

134

3.1. Small Business Definitions and Criteria

134

3.2. Assessing Small Business Contribution in the Far-Eastern Federal District Economy

138

3.3. Factors Determining Small Business Development

145

3.3.1. General Assessment of Enterprises' Economic Profitability

150

3.3.2. Constraints for Small Business Economic Development

153

3.3.3. Stimulants for Small Business Economic Development

165

3.4. Measures to Develop Small Business

172

Chapter 4.   Business Promotion Policy        

184

4.1. Basic Indicators of Business Environment in Khabarovsk Krai

184

4.1.1. Investment Policy

184

4.1.2. Loan Policy         

197

4.1.3. Economic Restructuring   

206

4.1.4. Business Environment: Promotion and Evaluation by Small Business                                   

209

4.2. Business Promotion Policy   

225

Conclusion       

235

References                  

237

Appendix          

241