Day / Time	9.30-11.00	11.00-11.30	11.30-13.00	13.00-14.00	14.00-15.30	after 15.30
Sunday, 01.07.12	ARRIVAL & REGISTRATION
Monday, 02.07.12	1 Central Issues of Economic Transformation in Modern Russia (S.F.Sutyrin) Supplementary article 1 Supplementary article 2	Coffee-break	2 Central Issues of Economic Transformation in Modern Russia (S.F.Sutyrin) Supplementary article 3 Supplementary article 4 Supplementary article 5	Lunch	3 Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Russia (V.I.Kapustkin)	16.30-18.30 Welcome party (boat trip)
Tuesday, 03.07.12	11.00 – 14.45 Company visit: Nissan Manufacturing Rus				15.30 – 17.00 4 Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Russia (V.I.Kapustkin)	17.10 – 18.40 5 Business Geography of Russia (V.I.Kapustkin)
Wednesday, 04.07.12	6 Business Geography of Russia (V.G. Sherov)	Coffee-break	7 Russian Public Finance: Federal Budget, Taxes and External Debt (A.I. Pogorletzky) Supplementary article	Lunch	8 Russian Financial System (N.E. Lisitsin)	15.40-17.20 Enterprise Forum I
Thursday, 05.07.12	9.00 – 10.30 9 International Dimension of Russian Economic Development (S.F. Sutyrin) Supplementary article 1 Supplementary article 2	10.30– 11.00	11.00 – 12.30 10 International Dimension of Russian Economic Development (S.F. Sutyrin) Supplementary article 3	12.30– 13.30	14.00 Company visit: Baltica Brewery
Friday, 06.07.12		Coffee-break	11 Outward Internationalisation of Russian Leading Telecom Companies (N.E. Lisitsin) Supplementary article	Lunch	13.00-17.00 City Tour
Saturday, 07.07.12	11.00 EXCURSION: Guided tour in the Hermitage
Sunday, 08.07.12	EXCURSION:  Various options would be discussed in advance and selected by the participants
Monday, 09.07.12	12 Russia and International Capital Flow (O.Y. Trofimenko) Supplementary article 1 Supplementary article 2	Coffee-break	13 Russia and International Capital Flow (O.Y. Trofimenko)	Lunch	14 Russia and European Union (V.I. Kapustkin)	15 Russia and European Union (V.I. Kapustkin)
Tuesday, 10.07.12	16 International Energy Security and Russia (N.A. Lomagin) Supplementary article	Coffee-break	17 International  Energy Security and Russia (N.A. Lomagin) Supplementary article	Lunch	14.00-15.30 Enterprise forum II
Wednesday, 11.07.12	18 Russia and the CIS (V.G. Sherov)	Coffee-break	19 Russia and the CIS (V.G. Sherov)	Lunch	14.00 Russian company visit: Russian restaurants chain ‘Dve palochki’
Thursday, 12.07.12	20 Doing Business in Russia  (P.Zashev) Supplementary article	Coffee-break	21 Doing Business in Russia  (P.Zashev)	Lunch	22 Doing Business in Russia (P.Zashev)
Friday, 13.07.12	23 Russian Business Culture  (P.Zashev)	Coffee-break	24 Russian Business Culture  (P.Zashev)	Lunch	25 Russian Business Culture (P.Zashev)
Saturday, 14.07.12	Individual work
Sunday, 15.07.12	Day Off
Monday, 16.07.12	Module I Exam			Lunch	Module II Exam
Tuesday, 17.07.12	Module III Exam			Lunch	16.00 - Graduation Ceremony	17.30 - Farewell Party
Wednesday, 18.07.12	DEPARTURE

 

Content of the program:

Module 1. Russian Business Environment (with exam option 3 ECTS credits)
Module 2. Russia in the World Economy (with an exam option 3 ECTS credits)
Module 3. Business Operations in Russia (with an exam option 3 ECTS credits)

Module 1. Russian Business Environment (with exam option 3 ECTS credits) 
The module aims at providing the knowledge of:  

Central issues of economic transformation in cotemporary Russia
Business geography of Russia
Legal aspect of doing business in Russia                                                                                                           

Russian public finance:federal budget, taxes and external debt
Russian finacial system 

Module 2. Russia in The World Economy (with exam option 3 ECTS credits)
The course discusses and analyses the place Russia has in the global economy. The course is structured in the following way:

International dimension of Russian economic development
Russia and international capital flow 
International energy security and Russia
Russia and European Union
Russia and the CIS 
Outward Internationalisation of Russian Leading Telecom Companies

Module 3. Business Operations in Russia (with an exam option 3 ECTS credits)
The course answers on the following questions:

What are the Western misconceptions about the Russian business environment?
What is the right strategic consequence of preparation?
What purposes your preparation serves and why do you need it?
How to prepare?
What information you need, where and how do you get it?
How to choose within the different entry strategies for the Russian market?
How to build your successful business strategy in Russia?
Negotiating with Russians
Being boss in Russia
Knowing the mindset of the Russian consumers

Enterprise Forum meets you with Foreign and Russian businessmen that share their experience and provide you with interesting practical perspectives and analysis of how business in Russia is done.

Company Visit
In 2012 we plan to have company visits to:

Baltika Brewery - the biggest brewery in Russia and in Northern Europe that is owned by the Scandinavian Baltic Beverage Holding. Details at http://www.baltika.ru/

Nissan Manufacturing Rus - Nissan automotive factory in St. Petersburg. Details at http://www.nissan.ru/