Vladimir Kvint

Despite an invitation to work as an associate professor in Moscow, Kvint returned to Norilsk. Between 1975 and 1978, he continued his work in the mining-metallurgical industry. He founded and was Chief of the Department of Organization Management at the Norilsk Mining –Metallurgical Concern, later renamed MMC Norilsk Nickel, which was the largest Russian enterprise (150,000 employees) and still the largest producer worldwide of nickel, cobalt, platinum, palladium and osmium. Under his leadership, the company's first general organizational structure, focusing on the strategic improvement of final products was developed. The theoretical results of his work were published in Moscow in 1976, in The Acceleration of the Industrial-Technical Development. This book received the U.S.S.R. Annual Award "Best Popular Scholarly Book of the Year".

In 1976, Kvint was promoted to the position of deputy director general and deputy chairman of "SibTsvemetAutomatica", a scientific-technological company, which automated the non-ferrous metals industry throughout the former U.S.S.R.[4]. He was responsible for economic policy, business planning, the organization of compensation systems, and accounting departments in this company of 5,000 employees. Under Kvint's economic strategy, this company became one of the first self-sufficient firms in the U.S.S.R. despite the Soviet command planning system. In addition, he was Chief of the Forecasting Economics Laboratory of the Non-ferrous Metals and Gold Industry, and prepared strategies and forecasts for the non-ferrous and precious metals and diamond industries.

In 1978, he was invited to join the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, and was elected as the Chief of the Department of Regional Problems of Scientific-Technological Progress at the Institute of Economy and Industrial Organization of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. The Siberian School of Economics was at that time under the leadership of the world-renowned economists Abel Aganbegyan and Nobel Laureate in Economics Leonid Kantorovich.[11]

In the Academy, Kvint found a lack of accurate empirical statistics and economic information. As a result, many economic studies based on this incorrect information had no practical use. With Kvint's business experience, he recognized this problem and developed the methods of studying economic situations, natural resources, and strategic business opportunities through the organization of complex economic expeditions.

In 1979 the chairman of the Siberian branch of the Academy appointed him to head these expeditions. Several of these major expeditions were unprecedented. For example, in 1980 the academicians ventured across the entire eight seas of the Arctic Seaway by ship, helicopter and SUV. Another economic expedition traveled through three seas along the entire Pacific Coast of Russia to evaluate the area's natural resources and productive forces.[12]

In 1982, Kvint was elected as a senior researcher and then as the Head of Department and later a leading scholar at the Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences(Moscow). During these nine years he discovered and developed the concept of two new global trends: Regionalization and Technologization. He defined the category of regional scientific-technological policy and the role of this policy in the reduction of poverty and ecological protection. In the late 1980s he came up with the theory of regional and global emerging markets.

In 1986, he wrote the report on the organization of strategic development of scientific-technological process which he brought to the attention of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, explaining that without the activation of these factors, as well as the function of motivation, the Soviet Union would have no economic future. After this predication, Kvint again faced a great deal of pressure from the Soviet power structure.[13]

In 1985, Kvint prepared his second Doctoral dissertation on the "Regional Management of the Scientific-Technological Development of the National Economy". Among the consequences of Kvint's recommendations would have been the decentralization of the Soviet command economy. As a result, he was not allowed to present his dissertation to the Scientific Council until February 1988, when he finally received the highest European scientific degree- Habilitation-"Doctor of Sciences in Economics".[14] In 1989, he received the lifetime title of "Professor of Political Economy" - the highest state academic title in the former Soviet Bloc. Many years later, in 2011 by decree of the President of the Russian Federation he was awarded with the title of Honored professor of Higher Education of the Russian Federation.[15]

The fundamental ideas of Kvint's theories were explored in his dissertations and books. Since 1989, he has continued his studies in Austria, and then in the United States. However, the development of his theory of the global emerging market has its roots in all of his years of scholarly activity. For these studies, Kvint would later receive international recognition[16][17] Developing his earlier strategic studies he contributed to theory of strategy and came up with his own theory of holistic strategy.[18]

In 1988 and 1989, Kvint was finally allowed to travel outside of the Soviet Union, upon which he gave speeches and lectures on the results of his studies. He was invited to many universities and prestigious academic centers in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, China, the United States, Great Britain, and Germany. Among his many lectures was his speech in front of the Presidium of the Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences. In 1989-1990, he worked as a visiting professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. During his academic career he was invited to give lectures in Universities of many European nations including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, England, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Scotland, Turkey and Ukraine. In 2009 Kvint gave a lecture at the London School of Economics and Political Science,[19] in 2010 in the Scottish Parliament,[20] in 2011 at Imperial College London, and since 2009 every year in The University of Edinburgh.

Since 1990, Kvint has lived and worked in the United States where he has been granted citizenship. In 1990, he gave lectures and consultations in several think tanks and leading corporations of the United States including the RAND Corporation, Kissinger Associates, General Electric, General Motors, Transamerica, Timex, and the Exxon Corporation, among others.

Kvint's first professorship was in the international economics department at Babson College in Massachusetts.[21] Following this, from 1990, until the fall of 2004, Kvint was a professor of management systems and international business at Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business.[3] In addition to his professorship at Fordham, from 1995 through 2000 Kvint served as an Adjunct Professor of International Business Strategy at New York University's Stern School of Business. He developed major elements of his theory of the Global Emerging Market and Theory of Holistic Strategy, presented it at many conferences and published six books and several articles in major U.S. academic and business magazines, journals and newspapers. Between 2004 and 2007, he was a professor of international business at the Kogod School of Business of American University in Washington, D.C.[22] During this period, he taught course in the fundamentals of international business, the global marketplace, export-import management, and comparative management systems, and he developed and taught the global emerging market course for Honors Program students. Between 2005-2016 Vladimir Kvint has been an Adjunct Professor of international business strategy at La Salle University in Pennsylvania.[23][24]

Since 1989, Kvint has been an Economic Consultant to the General Electric Corporation, Cable & Wireless plc of Great Britain, Timex Corporation, Tosco Corporation, Engelhard Corporation, and the law firm of Hogan and Hartson. From 1992-1998, Kvint was the director of emerging markets at Arthur Andersen. Between 1997 and 2000 he was a member of the Board of Directors of PLD Telecom (later merged with Metromedia International Telecom Inc.) a publicly traded company on NASDAQ and the Toronto Stock Exchange.[25]

Kvint's consulting and professorships have continued his studies and research. He was the chairman of the World Economic Development Congress' Summit for Institutional Investors (Washington D.C, 1995); the World Economic Development Congress' Global Risk Management Summit, (Washington D.C, 1996); and the International Banking Congress: US-CIS and Baltics, (NYC, 1997). He was an economic advisor to the president of the United Nations General Assembly. Between 1996 and 2001, Kvint was an economic adviser to Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who would become prime minister of Bulgaria. Between 2001 and 2005, Kvint was an advisor to the government of Albania. Between 2006 - 2008, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the "Morskoiy Vokzal" seaport terminal in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[26] From 2009 to 2012, he was a consultant at the architectural firm RMJM. From 2012 - 2015, he was a member of the board of directors of the fishing company NBAM, and since 2015, he has been Chairman of the Pacific Investment Group Expert Council.

Kvint was awarded with Honorary Doctor, Honorary Fellows, and Honorary Professor Degrees from 11 Universities and Research Centers of 9 Countries :

• University of Bridgeport (United States), 1997
• University of Vlora (Albania ), 2004
• The Academy of Public Administration of the President of the Russian Federation (Russia), 2004
• Donetsk National Technical University (Ukraine), 2007
• University of Primorska (Slovenia), 2017
• Tashkent State University of Economics (Uzbekistan), 2018
• Saint Petersburg Mining University (Russia), 2019
• New England Center for International and Regional Stadies, ( USA), 1996
• The Atyrau Institute of Oil and Gas (Kazakhstan), 2006
• Foreign Member (ad vitum) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2006
• Saint-Petersburg University of Management and Economics (Russia), 2006.
• Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, 2010
• Academy of Management under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan), 2013
• The Honorary Fellow of the Higher Education of the Russian Federation, 2011 (On May 10 of 2011 by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation)

• The Acceleration of Technological Development of Production, Moscow, Knowledge, 1976
• The Introduction and Use of Automation Systems: Regional Economic Aspect, Moscow, Knowledge, 1981
• The Krasnoyarsk Economic Experiment, Moscow, 1982
• The Polar Star Above Us, Moscow, 1984
• Management of Scientific Technological Progress: Regional Aspect, Moscow, Science, 1986
• Economic and Scientific- Technical Information (Co-Author), Moscow, 1987
• The Development of the Economy of Daghestan (Co-Author), Makhachkala, Daghestan, 1988
• Capitalizing on the New Russia (The Barefoot Shoemaker), Arcade, New York, 1993, ISBN 978-1559701822
• Creating and Managing International Joint Ventures(Co-author), Quorum Books, Westport, Connecticut, (USA), London, (UK), 1996,ISBN 978-0899309705
• Emerging Market of Russia: Sourcebook for Investment and Trade,(Author, Editor-In-Chief), John Wiley & Sons, New York,(also published in Singapore, Toronto - Canada, Chichester - UK, Weinheim - Germany, Brisbane - Australia), 1998, ISBN 0471178365

• The Global Emerging Market in Transition, Fordham University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8232-1903-8. 2000. 2nd Extended Edition, New York, 2004, 2006. (This book was the subject of a special conference in the UN headquarters in New York City in 1999).
• International M&A, Joint Ventures and Beyond,(Co-Author), John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998, 2002. ISBN 978-0471022428
• Investing Under Fire: Winning Strategies, (Co-Author), Bloomberg Press, New York, 2003. ( With co-authors including General Wesley K. Clark, Ambassador Dennis Ross, and Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, Robert D. Hormats. Kvint's contribution considered how to calculate the risk of foreign direct investment). ISBN 1-57660-137-4
• The Global Emerging Market: Strategic Management and Economics, Routledge, New York, London, 2009. ISBN 978-0-415-98840-7 ( This book was the subject of UN Social and Economic Council symposium in the UN headquarters in New York City in February 2009 )[32]
• Business and Strategic Management, St.Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences' Publishing House, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2010.
• Strategic Management and Economics in the Global Emerging Market, Bujet Publishing House, Moscow, 2012. ISBN 978-5-9900421-6-2
• Terrorism and Extremism: Strategic Negative Economic Impact,NWIM RANEPA, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2016. ISBN ISBN 978-5-89781-619-4
• Strategy for the Global Market: Theory and Practical Applications, Routledge, New York, London, 2016. [**[33]. ISBN 978-1-138-89212-5, 978-1-138-89210-1, 978-1-315-70931-4
• The Russian Far East: Strategic Priorities for Susteinable Development, ( with co-author ), ISBN 978-177188-465-5

Apple Academic Press, New York, 2016. [**[34]

• Teorija in Praksa Strategije, University of Primorska Publishing House, Koper, Slovenia, 2017. ISBN 978-961-6984-97-3 [**23
• On the Origins of the Theory of Strategy (The 200th Anniversary of the Publishing of General Jomini's Work on Theory of Strategy), North-Western Institute of Management, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2017. ISBN 978-5-89781-584-5
• Gazing into the Future: A Study of Prophets, Visionaries, Leaders and Strategists, North-Western Institute of Management, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2018. ISBN 978-5-89781-618-7
• KU ŹRÓDŁOM TEORII STRATEGII: 200-lecie wydania pracy teoretycznej generała Jominiego, TEKST, Lublin, Poland, 2018. ISBN 978-83-63693-29-9
• Strategizing: Theory and Practice, TASVIR, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2018. ISBN 978-9943-4003-7-5
• Teoretyczne i Metodologiczne Podstawy Strategii, Poznanie, Warszawa, Poland, 2019. ISBN 978-83-953065-0-1
• The Concept of Strategizing. Vol.I, NWIM RANEPA, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2019. ISBN 978-5-89781-628-6, 978-5-89781-629-3
• Teoria dhe Praktika e Strategjise, IPPM, Tirana, Albania, 2019. ISBN 978-9928-08-381-4
• Strategic Development Concepts, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2019. ISBN 978-99978-67-90-2
• Strategizing: Theory and Practice (Digest). Maximum, Osh, Kyrgyzstan, 2019. ISBN 978-9967-18-573-8
• The Concept of Strategizing. Vol.II, NWIM RANEPA, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2020. ISBN 978-5-89781-655-2, 978-5-89781-629-3
• The Concept of Strategizing,Kemerovo State University, Kemerovo, Russia, 2020.ISBN 978-5-8353-2562-7 doi:10.21603/978-5-8353-2562-7