Charity Research Foundation ‘Expert Institute’ is an independent non-profit research center established in 1991. The organisation is engaged in research (mainly of practical value) on development of Russian entrepreneurship. Institute publishes an annual business reference book “The Best Russian Enterprises”, a collection of most efficient key industries enterprises.
The main research areas are:
- monitoring of current regional trends
- socio-political and socio-economic analysis in Russia’s regions
- economic reform in Russia
- enterprises in a market economy.
The website is available in both Russian and English. It offers on-line and downloadable publications and contains information on main projects.