It has been a long time since I have addressed my readers directly and in that time, their number has grown to about 45,000. Throughout the last few years, my professional time was mostly divided between three major activities: writing new books and some articles, teaching students and professionals, and consulting and executive activities in several businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Here
are some highlights of the various activities:
1. Writing
The main work I have produced
in the sphere of writing is my book, The Global Emerging Market:
Strategic Management and Economics, which was published by
Routledge, one of the leading publishing houses in the
world, simultaneously in New York and
London. Later this book was reissued
and translated in different countries. This book is my major contribution to
the General Theory of Strategy and Theory of the Global Emerging
Market, produced as a result of my 40 years of research.
It was very difficult for me
to find the time to put other activities aside so as
to concentrate solely on this book throughout the 18 months. I
am happy with the content of this book, as well as the responses from
people who read and use this book around the world. This book was also
approved as a textbook in universities throughout 17
countries, for students of Business and Economic Strategy as well as
Political Economy. Sometime after completing the book, I spent 14 months
translating this book into Russian. To my surprise, it was not an easy
task to translate my book to my native language! However, I saw
I had no choice but to do it myself after receiving a trial
translation of one of the chapters from a professional translator. Now I know
for sure, that it is much better and more useful to read not only fiction, but
professional texts as well, in their original languages if possible.
I finished the Russian
translation in 2012 and it became the first Russian language book dedicated to
Business Strategy in Emerging Markets. This book was received to very
good reviews from several major scholars and business leaders. I am especially
proud of the review from Dr. Edmund Phelps, a Nobel Laureate in
Economics, for which I am very grateful to him.
I am currently working on two
new books, one of which will present the results of my research cooperation
with a very accomplished Russian economist, Vladimir Okrepilov.
2. Teaching
In 2007, after
approximately 20 years of professorship in Europe
and the United States,
I accepted an invitation from Dr. Nekipelov- director of Moscow
State University’s Moscow
School of Economics, to establish and lead the first department of Financial
Strategy in Russia.
Five years later, this is still the only such department in all of Russia, and there
are only 18 similar teaching departments worldwide.
My colleagues and
I, especially Dr. Murad Alimuradov, developed a brand new curriculum
for this specialized program. We are very proud of the graduates of our
department, some of whom have already gone on to reach high
positions in the Russian government and in business. One of them is
currently the Russian Minister of Energy and another one is the
Deputy Minister of Agriculture.
Since 2005 I have
been teaching strategy at La Salle
University in Pennsylvania,
as well as at its other location in Basil, Switzerland.
I use any occasion to share my knowledge in strategy and emerging markets with
student and professionals in the countries which I visit especially towards
this end, as well as countries which I visit to conduct my consulting and
executive activities. Throughout the last 3 years, I was giving lectures
at various universities in the United States,
England (London
School of Economics, Imperial College,
London), Scotland
(Edinburgh University),
Austria, Italy,
Turkey, Albania,
Ukraine and
several Russian universities.
3. Consulting and Executive Activities
It seems to me, that for a
strategist it is very important to continue to research simultaneously with
teaching and using practical implementation of their knowledge.
Such an approach enriches all 3 of these activities. Students believe and
rely more on the opinion of professors if they are not only teaching,
but using their knowledge in executive and consulting practices.
For three years, I have
been working as the Global Head of Emerging Markets at one of the leading and
largest architectural and planning firms in the world, RMJM. During this
period, I have also been a part of the board of directors of
several companies which belong to the shipping, agricultural, fishing,
banking and retail industries. This professional activity provides me with
new experiences upon which I draw in my analysis, research, teaching
and writing.
As a board member of several
organizations, I lend my assistance to nonprofit societal activities. The
Brighton Ballet Theater in particular, which celebrated its 25thanniversary earlier this year, is an
organization which is very important to me and to which I have been proud to
lend my service as a chairman of the board, for over 10 years.
Finally,
I cannot forget to mention the professional accomplishments of my two
daughters, Elizaveta and Valeria. Time has passed very quickly since their
graduations from higher education in 2004 and 2005 respectively. In this time,
their success has been highly recognized: Elizaveta has already received 4 Emmy
Awards and Valeria, despite her young age, also received recognition from the
City of New York for her work in
the Arts. They are both very creative and kind individuals.
I wish
all the readers of my web site, happiness and success!
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