Russia's long-term problems include a shrinking workforce, rampant corruption, and underinvestment in infrastructure. At the outset, there was a huge backlog of unmet demand because of underinvestment. This had caused decades of underinvestment in such areas. Chronic underinvestment in the sector since 1990 forced many scientific professionals to leave the country. A major refurbishment programme was then undertaken to address alleged historical underinvestment. The hold-up problem leads to severe economic cost and might also lead to underinvestment. The system described in the Growth and Underinvestment Archetype consists of three feedback loops. Very serious underinvestment in technology management and systems engineering. The final cause of private underinvestment relates to human and organizational behavior. The second balancing loop is what differentiates the Growth and Underinvestment Archetype from other archetypes. Underinvestment is cited as contributing to an environment. The key to understanding the Growth and Underinvestment Archetype is in the delay in investment. The Growth and Underinvestment with a Drifting Standard is a special case of the archetype. Underinvestment may occur only when the agent fails to coordinate on an efficient equilibrium. The Growth and Underinvestment Archetype is one of such patterns.