Itzhak Goldberg, Jean-Louis Racine, John Gabriel Goddard and Natasha Kapil, World Bank — USA, Smita Kuriakose, World Bank — US Virgin Islands, R&D Institutes: Unfinished Restructuring Agenda in Central and Eastern Europe

Almira Yusupova, Novosibirsk State University — Russia, Development of Industrial Markets in the Russian Economy: Empirical Research

Klaus Frohberg, Judith Möllers and Gertrud Buchenrieder, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe — Germany, Patrick Zier, Leibniz-Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe — Germany, Croatia's Dairy Sector: Can it Compete in the Single European Market?

Lidija Polutnik and Richard Bliss, Babson College — USA, Marko Pahor, University of Ljubljana — Slovenia, Efficiency Gains in Transition Ten Years Later: The Case of Slovenia

Cristina Neesham, Monash University — Australia and Ileana Tache, "Transilvania" University of Brasov — Romania, Is there an East European Social Model? A Comparative Study