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Sasova, I. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2011
Recently, the need to turn away from technological education in general education schools and go back to labor training has been expressed, particularly by: (1) long-term teachers in the "Labor" (Trud) general education school who do not want to change their ways, go through retraining, and increase the amount of their work efforts in…
Descriptors: General Education, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Labor Force
Akhmedjonov, Alisher R. – RAND Corporation, 2010
Innovation is the key to productivity growth and prosperity. Most empirical cross-country analysis of the determinants of innovation focus mainly on developed countries. The objective of this study is to fill this gap in the research and analyze the determinants of innovation in transition countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Innovation, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Akhmedjonov, Alisher – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Innovation is the key to productivity growth and prosperity. Most empirical cross-country analysis of the determinants of innovation focus mainly on developed countries. The objective of this study is to fill this gap in the research and analyze the determinants of innovation in transition countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Educational Development, Models
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Ardichvili, Alexander – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2001
Survey responses from 695 managers and 1,696 employees in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia revealed significant differences in cultural values between the two groups. Significant differences among countries were found in terms of cultural value dimensions of leadership style, such as masculinity, paternalism, and long-term orientation.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Employees, Foreign Countries, Leadership Styles
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Vybornova, V. V.; Dunaeva, E. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2007
In the mid-1990s, situations in which the specialties that young people had acquired turned out not to be in demand became quite a widespread phenomenon, and the professional future of a large proportion of young people was characterized as uncertain. Surveys in that period showed that a majority of young people suffered from a deficiency of…
Descriptors: Free Enterprise System, Young Adults, Labor Market, Employment Services
Karatygina, T. F. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1973
A guiding principle of the Soviet economy is management by branches of industry. Information, documentation and bibliographical services for each branch are provided by central scientific and technical libraries. (4 references) (Author)
Descriptors: Documentation, Foreign Countries, Industrial Structure, Industry
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Mitin, B. S.; Grabilnikov, A. S. – Industry & Higher Education, 2001
Provides examples of cooperation among Russian aerospace companies as well as international cooperation in the education of aerospace engineers. (SK)
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Educational Cooperation, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
Nuttonson, M. Y., Ed. – 1972
Twelve papers were translated from Russian: Automation of Information Processing Involved in Experimental Studies of Atmospheric Diffusion, Micrometeorological Characteristics of Atmospheric Pollution Conditions, Study of theInfluence of Irregularities of the Earth's Surface on the Air Flow Characteristics in a Wind Tunnel, Use of Parameters of…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Chimneys, Data Processing, Environment
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Greening, Joyce Martin – International Information and Library Review, 1995
Examines the effects of the political events of the last decade on Russian libraries. Topics include libraries in the old Soviet Union, decentralization of control and financing, relaxation of censorship, changes in the Russian publishing industry, channels of distribution, and future needs. (LRW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Libraries
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Kliucharev, Grigory; Muckle, James – Journal of Moral Education, 2005
In this article, the complexity or possible confusion in public attitudes to ethical issues is explored. The characteristics of the 'Soviet person' as once instilled in schoolchildren are listed and elucidated. Results of nationwide surveys of the Russian population carried out most recently in 2004 are used to illustrate the values that Russian…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Mass Media, Ethical Instruction
Lum, Lydia – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
During his career as the publisher of a Vietnamese newspaper, Yen Do would frequently buy articles from writers even if he never intended to use them--just because he knew how badly they needed the income. For that reason, Yen would sometimes pay a triple fee to freelance writers. And for the same reason, he typically wouldn't fire the occasional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asian Americans, Vietnamese People, Newspapers
Plakhotnik, Maria S. – Online Submission, 2005
This literature review aimed to investigate the literature on HRD in Russian enterprises, U.S. firms in Russia, or U.S.-Russian joint ventures to determine the role and function of HRD practitioners in creating a successful economic transition. Thirty-three articles were selected through a database search and examined using content analysis. Three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Ethic, Human Resources, Content Analysis
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
Between 1881 and 1889, a series of seven volumes was published by the French Government as a result of an investigation made by Marius Vachon. He visited the principal schools, museums, societies, and factories of the artistic industries throughout Europe, and his reports contain much basic information. It was felt that the translation of this…
Descriptors: Art Education, Fine Arts, Museums, Foreign Countries
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Shinn, Terry – Industry and Higher Education, 1998
Comparison of countries with strong industrial achievement (Germany, Japan, United States) and weaker growth (England, France, Russia) reveals a strong association between economic development and policies supporting industry-education collaboration. Positive and inhibiting mechanisms for industrial innovation were identified. (SK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Anisimov, P. F.; Guniavina, N. L. – Russian Education and Society, 2004
Today the basic directions in the development of secondary professional education are being set by the modernization of social life, the priority development of a number of sectors of the economy, tendencies of the scientific and technical renovation of production relating to science-intensive and information-based technologies, and the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Specialists, Secondary Education, Educational Attainment
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