2015

International Institute of

Administration and Business

DOING BUSINESS IN RUSSIA

DOING BUSINESS IN RUSSIA Moscow

“Being the Best for Your Business” IIAB 2015

COUNTRY OF STUDIES : Russian Federation, Moscow, NRU HSE

CERTIFICATE: HSE Certificate of short-term professional

QUALITY ENSURED by leading experts and professors from National Research University Higher School of Economics in

close cooperation with the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and representatives of leading international and

Russian companies.

AUDIENCE : international students; SME and companies planning to enter the Russian market for the first time or its regional

markets, or planning to diversify and enlarge their product line in Russia; business associations having their head-quarters abroad.

WORKING LANGUAGE : English

GROUPS : 10-30 participants depending on corporate demands and listeners’ background.

PROGRAM CONTENT

Course “Russian Culture in Business Context” (4 contact hours)

Associate professor Burukina Olga

Russian Culture: General Overview

- Geographical aspects

- Ethnic & religious aspects

- Historical aspects

- Political aspects

- Social aspects

Russian Cultural Heritage

- A variety of national cultures

- Russian culture at large (Russian arts, handicrafts)

- Contributions of Russian culture to the world culture

- Russian system of education and science (Russian Nobel

prize winners)

- Russian cuisine, Russian eating and drinking habits

Russian Mentality and Psychology

- Russian and other languages of Russia

- The Russian society of today: social stratification

- Russian public values

- Russian mentality: updated characteristics

- General characteristics of contemporary Russians (basic

character types)

Russian Business Traditions: Built-in and Newly

Established

- Foreign stereotypes and clichés of Russia and Russians

- Russian moral values and norms of behaviour

- Domestic and foreign partnerships and joint ventures

- Cross-cultural communication and international projects

- Business à la russe: An insight

Course “Economic Context of Doing Business in Russia” (4 contact hours)

Professor Skopin Alexei

Macroeconomic trends (economic growth, inflation, unemployment, export, import, Rouble exchange rate, investments)

Mesoeconomic situation (by economic sectors: oil & gas, metallurgy, engineering industry, construction, light industry,

food industry, services, information & communications; Russian regional profile)

Microeconomic situation (households, revenues and expenditures, administrative environment for doing business, formal

and informal rules, risks, prices & tariffs, markets’ specifics)

Evaluating Moscow car and retail industry according to Porter. Creative business development and its environment.

Course “Change Management: the Russian Approach” (6 contact hours)

Chief instructor Myelitonyan Olga

Concept Note

Organizations today are in a state of constant change as they adapt to new global realities. The ability to change, quickly and

effectively, with committed and capable people, is the new strategic advantage. The course «Change Management: the Russian

Approach» shall provide business professionals with the following knowledge and skills:

Understanding why universally known recipes and approaches to introducing changes in organizations fail in many cases

of Russian organizations;

Understanding key patterns, forms and consequences of resistance to change in organizations;

Ability to diagnose the readiness for changes in various types of Russian organizations;

Ability to use practical tools of change management as well as models of managing changes in case of Russian

organizations

Course “Government-Public Relations and Lobbying” (2 contact hours)

Jointly with Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Course “Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Russia” (6 contact hours)

Associate Professor Chekhovskaya Svetlana

The legislative system in Russia: hierarchy of laws; regulations for business; legal conditions for foreign investors.

Starting a business. Types of legal forms: legal entities, subsidiaries, branches and representative offices, joint activity

agreements (Simple Partnerships).

Legal entities. Most commonly used forms: Limited Liability Company (LLC, with the Russian abbreviation “ООО”) and

Joint Stock Company (JSC, with the Russian abbreviation “АО”). The formal steps for establishing LLC and JSC. Costs

to establish LLC and JSC. Advantages and disadvantages of each form. Licensing requirements.

Subsidiary companies: regulatory framework, «parent» liability.

Branches and representative office: registration process, tax status.

Joint activity agreements (Simple Partnerships): management of the common affairs, liability of the partners, Silent

Partnership.

New legal forms for business in Russia: Commercial Partnerships and Investment Partnership.

TWO COMPANY VISITS

ELECTIVES

• Cross-cultural management

• Human resource management and law enforcement:

Labour Code of

Russian Federation

• Markets’ overview (external experts and practitioners –

depending on the market – upon demand)

• Socio-economic situation in the country (jointly with the

Embassy of the

French Republic)

• Business accounting and financial accountability in

Russia

• Financial markets

• Official statistics in Russia

• Regional economics

• Fundamentals of the tax system and fiscal law (jointly

with White & Case

LLC)

• Corporate law – stock-companies and enforcement by

courts

• Labour legislation

• Banking law

• Law of customs

• Antimonopoly law (jointly with Federal Antimonopoly

Service)

• Government regulation of business activity, registering

an enterprise

• Lobbying and government relations (jointly with French-

Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Russian

Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs)

• Municipal governance and urban economics in Russia

(jointly with the

Foundation “Institute of Urban Economics”)

• Public procurement in Russia

• Judicial authority and law-enforcement agencies in

Russian Federation

• Intellectual property rights protection, innovation

management in

Russian Federation

• Specificities of the Russian legal system

• Legal forms of business activity

• Contract law in Russian Federation

• Criminal liability and managerial responsibility in

business activity

• System of public administration in Russia

• Fundamentals of the Russian executive powers

• Government regulation

• Land law

AVERAGE DURATION OF ONE SUBJECT: 6-8 CONTACT HOURS

ADDITIONAL MODULES

• “Applied experience” (additional module upon demand) – including company visits, visiting economic missions of Embassies,

training courses, master-classes, writing a consulting project

• Russian as foreign language, business Russian (upon demand)

Program becomes degree-earning for National Research University Higher School of Economics, if the cumulative number of

hours achieves

72 hours (or average equivalent to 12 subjects).

PEDAGOGIC METHOD

• General introduction to the Russian business culture assured by top-level professionals.

• Social and economic overview provided by HSE best professors conducting state-of-the-art research.

• Expertise in key Russian sectors of economy opens to you upon demand.

• Unique opportunity of exposure to the Russian world of business and communication with decision-makers (benefiting from

the extensive HSE

partner institutions network).

• Understanding Russia and its business sector in political, economic, managerial, legal, and social context (general overview)

with possible focalization upon demand.

EXPERT AND SUPERVISORY BOARD OF THE IIAB HSE

The International Institute of Administration and Business has established an Expert and Supervisory Board to implement a brand

new double degree Master in European Business program, as well as other short-term programmes, trainings, and seminars in the

interest and with the participation of the business community.

THE FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL AND RUSSIAN COMPANIES ARE ON THE BOARD OF THE IIAB:

- industrial sector: Alstom, Renault, PSA Peugeot Citroёn, Thales;

- FMCG sector: Lactalis Vostok, A.Korkunov, Danone, L’Oréal;

- fuel and energy sector: GDF Suez, Schneider Electric, Air Liquide, EDF, Total, Severstal;

- legal and consulting companies: Gide Loyrette Nouel Vostok, CMS, E&Y, Dentons,;

- banking: BNP Paribas, Sberbank CIB;

- HR-agency TPA/AXIS.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUSINESS ENQUIRIES AND ENROLLMENT PLEASE CONTACT:

Dr. Irina Maltseva Director of the International Institute of Administration and Business

Phone: +7 (495) 621 - 51 - 33

E-mail: maltseva@hse.ru

Alina Buneeva

Manager for administrative and academic work

Phone: + 7 (495) 531 00 29

Email: abuneeva@hse.ru

Elena Tonkonogaya

Advertising and PR Expert

Phone: +7(495) 772-95-90 * 22434

E-mail: tonkonogaya@hse.ru

Please visit our web-site for more information http://iiab.hse.ru/en/