Kazakhstan's New Economy: Post-Soviet, Central Asian Industries in a Global Era

by Jay Nathan

Overview

Kazakhstan has faced severe economic challenges since it gained independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. Kazakhstan’s New Economy explores how the country might shed the outdated business practices that continue to hamper its growth. Jay Nathan first provides a historical overview of the economy and then delves deeper into the strengths and weaknesses of nine major industries, including oil and gas, banking, telecommunications, and transportation. Nathan’s careful analysis and recommendations will provide valuable insight for anyone interested in Central Asia’s economic growth. 

“An excellent resource on major industries in Kazakhstan.”—Byrganym Aitimova, Minister of Education and Science, the Republic of Kazakhstan

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780615909752
Publisher:	University of Scranton Press
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.80(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Jay Nathan is professor of management at St. John’s University in Queens, New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

1.      How Kazakhstan’s Present Competes with Past Values

2.      Kazakhstan’s Oil Supply: Chain Management Challenges

3.      The Gas Industry: Infrastructural Challenges

4.      The Transportation Industry: Where Modernity and Mobility Benefit Kazakhstan

5.      The Retail Industry: Recent Development in Kazakhstan

6.      The Copper Industry: A Quasi-Privatization at Work in the Post-Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan

7.      The Construction Industry: Internationalization and Growth

8.      The Food Industry: The Old and the New Ways Coexist in Kazakhstan

9.      Telecommunication: Where Global Trends Dominate

Conclusion

Postscript

Reference

Index

Acknowledgements

About the Author