Dr. Ilya Bystrov, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Dr. Bystrov holds the position of an adjunct professor of Economics at UGSM-Monarch Business School. He also holds the position of associate professor at his home university – Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics. The duration of his academic career exceeds 10 years.
Dr. Bystrov has always combined teaching and business or administrative positions resulting in a vivid cocktail of theoretical knowledge and real life business experience. He held different positions, mainly in consulting and marketing, in a broad range of industries, worked with companies and organizations of different sizes and property structure and also posses some entrepreneurial experience. His international involvement is proved by 4-year successful service as a vice-rector responsible for international relations at his home university.
After earning his PhD degree he widened his research experience with applied research and consultation projects. Projects which he has been involved, include: development of monitoring instruments for strategic evaluation and control of public investment, development of an evaluation approach to state funded infrastructural projects, business unit strategy development and improvement of business process of an industrial company.
Academic Positions Held
- Adjunct Professor of Economics, UGSM-Monarch Business School
- Associate Professor, Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
- Member of the University’s Senate, Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
Academic Credentials
- PhD in Economics, Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
- Master degree in Management, Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
- Specialist diploma (traditional Russian 5-year higher education degree), Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
- Bachelor degree in Management, Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
Awards And Honors
- Letter of commendation, Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
- Letter of commendation, Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
Memberships
- Member, ACBSP-Accreditation Council For Business Schools & Programs, USA
- Member, ECBE-European Council For Business Education, Switzerland
Main Academic Interests
- Strategic management
- Organizational Behavior
- Groups and stakeholders inside the organization
- Corruption practices in business-related areas
- Evaluation of effectiveness
Professional Positions Held In The Past
- Head of financial and managerial consulting department, Institute of Enterprise Issues
- Vice-rector for international relations, Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
- Chief marketing specialist, Eurosib-SPb Transportation Systems
- Head of marketing department, General Satellite Ltd
Languages
- Russian
- English
- German
Selected Publications & Consulting Projects
- Ilya Bystrov, Strategic management of an international company, Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics, 2010.
- Ilya Bystrov, Decision making in international business, Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics, 2010
- Cycle of research projects in the field of regional elites for the purposes of the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
- Development of scientific-methodical proposals on the system of criteria and ratios for the purposes of strategic control. The research project was realized for the purposes of the State Research Institute of System Analysis of the Account Chamber of the Russian Federation.
- Development of a monitoring system aimed at effectiveness evaluation of state budget spendings inside the Corporation (for the purposes of the State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom”).
- Development of the methodology of financial analysis of the Corporation’s core companies in order to evaluate the threat of a bankruptcy and further evaluation of the core companies in accordance with the proposed methodology (for the purposes of the State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom”).
- Development of the methodology of effectiveness evaluation for the construction works on Saint-Petersburg’s subway.
