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Vertical integrated structures in Russian industry
The problems of changing organizational structure of industry in Russian transition are discussed with reference to financial-industrial groups (FIG). The author adheres to a conception by which formal creation of FIGs is part of a broader formation of vertical integrated structures. Comparing the native-based classification of FIGs with that accepted in Japan, he insists on a more intensive employment of foreign experience. On the case of a large Siberian organization that by formal criteria is not a financial-industrial group the process of gradual vertical integration is analyzed. Of a special interest is description of reinstated economic ties between Kuzbas and the Novosibirsk region.