Elena G. Popkova, PhD, is Professor of Economics and Leading Researcher for the Centre for Applied Research and Chair of “Economic policy and public-private partnership” of Moscow State Institute of International Relations, MGIMO University, Russia.Manas Chatterji is Professor of Management and Adjunct Professor in Economics at the Asian and Asian-American Studies Program at Binghamton University, State University of New York, Manas is also Guest Professor at Peking University, China, Visiting Professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics, China, and Distinguished Professor in Poznan University, Poland.