On December 7th 2007 Bernd Hallier was awarded by the Ural State University in Yekaterinburg /Russia/ by a Doctor honoris causa-diplome. Its rector Prof. Dr. Mikhail Federov honoured Hallier's research of innovation-cycles for retail/wholesale; his interdisciplinary studies between economics/marketing on the one side and history/art on the other; and last but not least his special activities in Russia.