ABSTRACT
This chapter examines Soviet attempts to experiment with organizational forms in order to achieve more effective horizontal integration and greater structural flexibility. The problem is a multifaceted one involving regional and interbranch coordination, planning, socio-economic development, and balancing utilization of resources and budgetary expenditures. Substantial problems exist in linking information networks into a larger grid that would foster greater interorganizational coordination and integration. Projects affecting several branches of the economy or several associations are outlined and coordinated in "coordination plans" approved by the State Committee on Science and Technology. Scientific and technological research and development most frequently take the form of an intensive technology. The trend toward the territorial deconcentration of research is evident not only in organizations subordinate to the Academy of Sciences, but also in ministerial and branch research and development activity. During the formation of territorial-production complexes there are several identifiable stages and law plays a crucial role in each stage of development.
