ESTABLISHMENT OF KUZBASS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND DEVELOPMENT OF ITS MEMBERSHIP IN 1991 – 2010

Abstract

The author allocates the main stages of development of the Kuzbass Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the basis of the following criteria: change of a standards and legal basis and organizational structure, change of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the members. Special attention is paid to change of quantitative characteristics of the Chamber’s member base which brightly characterize the development. As a result of research the author came to the conclusion that the quantitative characteristic is one of the criteria defining the Chamber’s development. The Chamber’s member base growth over 20 years confirms that fact that the Chamber’s mechanism and conditions of membership were clear and attractive for small business.