Russian small R&D companies: Strategic imperatives of internationalisation

Abstract

Paper concentrates on Russian small innovative companies with international views, involved in the global innovative process and participating in technology and knowledge transfer. 1) Research part gathers trends, factors and obstacles for internationalization of Russian SRDCs with a final objective of incorporate them in an integrated and complex model of the possible channels of cooperation of Russian SRDCs with foreign players reflecting the effects of such cooperation on Russian National Innovation System within D.A. Medvedev 5I Paradigm. 2) Proving the need of internationalization for Russian SRDC. 3) Definition and analysis of a framework for choosing a strategy of Russian SRDC based on specific examples and trends detected in the study of their internationalization process.