International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace, 11th Edition National Differences in Political, Economic, and Legal Systems Chapter 2 61 After the collapse of communism, many Western businesses started to invest in Russia. How do you think the current political and economic climate is impacting on the profitability of those investments? Given what is happening in Russia today, what do you think will happen to foreign direct investment in Russia going forward? Is this a country where a Western enterprise would want to do business? 5. 4. Endnotes International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace, 11th Edition National Differences in Political, Economic, and Legal Systems Chapter 2 61 After the collapse of communism, many Western businesses started to invest in Russia. How do you think the current political and economic climate is impacting on the profitability of those investments? Given what is happening in Russia today, what do you think will happen to foreign direct investment in Russia going forward? Is this a country where a Western enterprise would want to do business? 5. 4. Endnotes