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Articles by Ian Pryde
In Urgent Need of a Big Dosage of Acceleration
18 January 11
By Ian Pryde
Russia urgently needs a healthy dose of uskoreniye. or acceleration. Past reforms were efforts to catch up with the West, but now other developing countries are catching up fast with Russia itself.
You Can’t Innovate by Decree
13 September 10
By Ian Pryde
Eminent Western speakers put forward seemingly logical ideas on modernization and what Russia needs to do to modernize at the Global Policy Forum. But most of the speakers were naively overoptimistic on the country’s willingness and ability to implement change.
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Need Not Invest Here
24 August 10
By Ian Pryde and Suzanne Stafford
Russia's main reason for refusing to grant a unilateral visa-free regime is not economic but ideological and is tied to the Kremlin's outdated perception of how a superpower should act. Meanwhile, any entrepreneur who tries to get a visa to Russia is in for a headache.
Building a Global Financial Center
13 May 10
By Ian Pryde and Stephen Wells
With Russia's economy on a rebound, the Kremlin is turning back to its goal of making Moscow a global financial center. For that to happen, two executives write, the Kremlin will need to make the Russian capital attractive to foreign businesses.
Rebranding Russia’s Agitprop
15 December 09
Russia has always had a plethora of bad news that ruins its image, and it hasn’t realized that you can’t create good PR on bad news.
Switchover to IAS No Smooth Sailing
26 November 02
By Ian Pryde
The decision to switch to international accounting standards from Jan. 1, 2004 will place heavy demands not only on the financial departments of Russian companies.
Spending Priorities Shifting as Local IT Market Matures
24 September 02
By Ian Pryde
The local information technology market looks set to mature over the next few years as companies switch their spending away from hardware to software and IT services.
