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This article focuses on contemporary society, which, in accordance with D. Bell’s concept, is post-industrial (and information) one. The author draws attention to Bell’s serious mistakes in the development of the concept – the use of only sociological and economic analysis and disregard of social philosophy. The author offers a scientific and philosophical substantiation of the technogenic development of society and the world, its crisis condition, and presents the evidence as to why contemporary...

This article considers services as a sphere of social and economic interac- tion with features of game, which makes it possible to approach the analysis of ethic and aesthetic properties of the game taking place in the space of service. The author attempts to define the term “game modality” as a condition for symbolic interactions. 1. Костина А. В. Массовая культура как феномен постиндустриального общества. Изд. 2-е, перераб. и доп. М., 2005. 2. Уинги Т. М. Сделано в Японии. Фартук в субкультуре...

This article considers the human rights issues in relations between the Russian Federation and the European Union in the context of formal agreements and real policy from 1994 to the beginning of 2013. The EU regards human rights as fundamental values, which serve as the basis for its foreign relations. Russia tends to consider this issue as an attempt of an ill-disposed external actor to interfere in the domestic politics of the state. 1. Программа сотрудничества ЕС-России (Тасис/ИЕСП). Официальный...

Рассматриваются особенности финансово-хозяйственной деятельности образовательных учреждений: особое внимание уделяется специфике осуществления образовательными учреждениями предпринимательской деятельности, а также гражданско-правовому регулированию имущественных отношений в сфере образования; определяются достоинства и недостатки законодательного подхода к режиму финансирования образовательных учреждений, указывается на проблемы, возникающие при осуществлении деятельности на основе субсидий. ...

Рассматриваются основные вопросы совершенствования законодательства о предпринимательстве в Калининградской области, применения правового режима Особой экономической зоны, пути его развития, предлагаются некоторые варианты решения проблем нормативного регулирования и правоприменительной практики по исследуемой теме. This article considers the central issues of improving legislation on еntrepreneurship in the Kaliningrad region, the application of the legal regime of Free economic zone, and its...

Рассмотрена природа возникновения мировых кризисов биржевых финансово-кредитных систем, которые возникают как сложившиеся экономические закономерности. Только поняв природу зарождения данных систем, можно моделировать и прогнозировать денежно-кредитные процессы в динамике и оценить возможность преодоления кризисов. Исторически сложилось так, что основное влияние на мировую биржевую деятельность оказывает динамика кредитно-валютной системы США. Поэтому поэтапное исследование природы ее развития и...

.... Customer Base Analysis: The Case for a Central Variant of the Betageometric/NBD Model // Marketing — Journal of Research and Management.2007. 3 (2). 11. Baldauf A., Cravens D., Wagner U. Examining Determinants of Export Performance in Small Open Economies // Journal of World Business. 2000. 35 (1). S. 61—79. 12. Wagner U., Geyer A. A Maximum Entropy Method for Inverting Laplace Transforms of Probability Density Functions // Biometrika. 1995. 82 (4). S. 887—892.

This article focuses on the formation and implementation of the programmе of development of US fleet during World War II for providing military and economic support to the anti-Hitler coalition — Great Britain and the USSR. The author considers the most typical projects of marine transport vessels built at US shipyards, the main routes of travel from the USA and Great Britain to the USSR in the framework of the end-lease programme. 1. Блэйр К. Подводная война Гитлера. Охотники. 1939—1942 :...

This article analyses different aspects of bilateral ties between the Kaliningrad region and the Polish Olsztyn and Elblag voivodeships in the mid-70s-early 19 80s. The author pays special attention to the problems of ideological interaction and emphasizes the crucial role of the economic development issues. 1. Государственный архив новейшей истории Калининградской области (ГАНИКО). Ф. 1. Оп. 69. № 69. 2. Дмитриев Т. Очарование «мягкой силы» // Политический журнал. 2005, № 10 (61). 3...

This article presents a historiographical review of the restoration of Lithuanian independence in the 1980s-early 1990s and the establishment of Lithuania-Russian interstate relations in the early post-Soviet years. The topic of the article serves as a context for the analysis of the sources and general trends characteristic of Russian and foreign historians. 1. Бразаускас А. Пять лет президента. События, воспоминания, мысли. М., 2002. 2. Бусыгина И. Россия и страны Балтии: формирование новых взаимоотношений...

This article considers the concept of improving the methodology of management of exclave region’s economy on the basis of investment programming. The author suggests a methodological approach to improving investment programming management in order to ensure a sustainable socio-economic situation in the region. 1. Основные положения региональной политики в Российской Федерации : указ Президента РФ № 803 от 3 июня 1996 г.  [Электронный ресурс]. Доступ из справ.-правовой системы «КонсультантПлюс»...

This article offers an overview of the basic characteristics of the Baltic Sea and stresses the need for closer cooperation between states in the Baltic Sea environment protection. The author identifies the universal and regional levels of cooperation between states in marine environment protection. Special attention is paid to the activity of the European Union in the field of the Baltic Sea environment protection. 1. Resolution A.982(24) of the Assembly of International Maritime Organization...

This paper focuses on the problems of improving the structure of amber processing industry and analyzes the amber industry by segments. The author introduces the notion of level of value added per employee and the level of value added through processing regional natural resources and considers the possibility of recovering rental income from raw amber processing. 1. Веснин В. Р. Стратегический менеджмент : учеб. пособие. М., 2007. 2. Сайт правительства Калининградской области. URL: www.gov39.ru...

This article justifies the need and system-and-function-based methodology for institutional support for strategic management of regional development. The author offers an empirical analysis and proposes recommendations for updating and establishment of institutions of strategic management of socio-economic development at the federal and regional levels. 1. Лопатников Л. И. Экономико-математический словарь. М., 2003. 2. Новиков К. Добрый совет // Российская газета. 2011. 17 нояб. 3. Розманский...

This article described the advantages state commissioning social services as a mechanism to implement regional social and economic policy and emphasizes the need to apply criterion-based approach to choosing tender winners. 1. О размещении заказов на поставку товаров, выполнение работ, оказание услуг для государственных и муниципальных нужд: федеральный закон от 21.07.2005 № 94-ФЗ. [Электронный ресурс]. Доступ из справ.-правовой системы «КонсультантПлюс». 2. О Конкурсном агентстве Калининградской...

This article examines the results of municipal reform, analyses the budgetary policy of the Kaliningrad region, and identifies the problems of formation of local budget revenues. The author described the methods to improve budgetary policy, which could level the differences in economic and social development of municipalities and solve the problem of stability and independence of local budgets. 1. Об областном бюджете на 2010 год и плановый 2011 и 2012 годы : закон Калининградской области № 402...

... current competitiveness of the region. The author offers calculations of integral development indices for three regions of three different federal districts of the Russian Federation for 2007-2010, as well as an analysis of the degree, to which regional economies were affected by the crisis. 1. Шеховцева Л. С., Тяпушова Е. В. Теоретические и методологические основы интегральной оценки стратегической и  текущей ...

Critical objections to applying social contract theories towards Russian social and political reality are being analyzed, categorized and challenged. 1.  Аузан А.   А. Мы так не договаривались. URL: http://esquire.ru/auzan 2.  Аузан А.   А. Самодержавие крепостных: современные границы и возможности преодоления // Индекс. 2007. №   26. URL : http://www.index.org.ru/journal/ 26/auz26.html 3.  Ибн Хальдун. Мукаддима // Историко-философский ежегодник 2007. М., 2008. 4.  Надточий Э. Асабия-давла-мулк...

Today, cluster policy is the most efficient tool to improve the competitiveness of territory economies. International practice offers a wide range of cluster policies. This article discusses different approaches to classification of cluster policies and emphasizes the advantages of cluster policy for achieving regional strategic goals. 1. Методические ...

This article considers the aspects of foreign investment in the region on the basis of a study into the dynamics of foreign direct investment (FDI) and their role in regional economy. The author proposes a model of regional development concept based on FDI attraction. 1. Официальный сайт Правительства Калининградской области. URL: http://www.gov.kaliningrad.ru. 2. Территориальный орган федеральной службы государственной статистики по Калининградской области. URL: http://kaliningrad.gks.ru 3....

This article deals with the issue of the food supply problems on the territory of the Novgorod land in the 11th-16th centuries. Despite permanent bread budget deficit, Veliky Novgorod managed to maintain political and economic independence and avoid purchasing significant amounts of grain. The reconstruction of a budget of a peasant agricultural farm shows that, in the then conditions, it could not rest solely on own-grown corn and livestock products in the Novgorod land. For centuries, peasant diet...

The article analyses expert influence on decision making process. The author argues that high uncertainty increases political elite’s attention to experts under the conditions of democratic transit. The case of the Kaliningrad exclave is taken as an example. 1.  Абрамов В.   Н. Калининградская область: социально-политические и гео­политические аспекты общественной трансформации 1990-х. СПб., 1998. 2.  Балтийский регион как полюс экономической интеграции Северо-Запада Российской Федерации и Европейского...

The «empire» category is determined in legal science by historical and political characteristics and based on multi-structural public traditions. Imperial administration strengthens the asymmetrical status of ethnic groups and regions in their relation to the centre. Their integration dynamics is preconditioned, first and foremost, by geopolitical and geo-economic factors. The author provides his own vision of the characteristics of imperial statehood. 1.        Дякин В.   С. Национальный вопрос...

Cross-border cooperation between administrative and municipal districts enlarges fast in the Baltic Sea macroregion. Intensification of Russian regions’ participation in such cooperation as well as formation of trans-border socio-economic systems may shift their development to the innovative type.

The author discusses negative influence of globalization processes on world economy, presents global geopolitical and geo-economic trends in the context of system of challenges for Russia. 1.  Глазунов М.   Н. Экономические проблемы социализма: опыт СССР // Фе­номен Сталин. М.; Краснодар, 2003. С. 174—175. 2.  Дугин А. Проект «Евразия». М., 2004. 3.  КоммерсантЪ. 2005. 23 марта. 4.  Коренева Г. Кто нажился на монетизации // Аргументы и факты. 2006. №   5. С. 18. 5.  Мера за...

The problem of definition of the regional aims and purposes is revealed on the basis of economic theories of growth and development. The author puts forward the concept of the strategic purposes of region which is constructed on hierarchy and coalition principles. 1.  Системный анализ и принятие решений / под ред. В.   Н. Волковой, В.   Н. Козлова. М., 2004. 2.  Шеховцева Л.   С. Стратегическое целеполагание развития региона: моно­графия. СПб, 2007. 3.  Шеховцева Л.   С. Управляемое развитие...

The article reveals major regulation trends of international cooperation at the regional level which being officially adopted are implemented in the Kaliningrad region. Special attention is given to international agreements, involvement in international programs and projects, information for foreign economic activity and development of euroregions with Russian participation. 1.  Внешнеэкономическая деятельность предприятий и организаций Калинин­градской области за 2000—2007 гг.: статистический...

This article deals with the profound changes in the political, social and economic spheres in the USSR that resulted from the growth of oppositional attitudes and banditism in the country. These circumstances led to the necessity to increase the efficiency of the State Political Directorate. 1. Центральный архив Федеральной службы безопасности Российской Фе­дерации (далее — ЦА ФСБ РФ). Ф. 1. Оп. 6. Д. 256. 2. Даль В.   И. Толковый словарь живого великорусского языка. СПб., 1863. Т. 1. 3...

This article analyses such problems of the legal regulation of civil transactions with common use land plots as the legality of land lease, methods of maintaining the legal status of the land, and informing land owners, land users and other economic entities about the establishment of the legal status. 1. Земельный кодекс Российской Федерации от 25.10.2001 г. №   136-ФЗ // Со­брание законодательства Российской Федерации (далее — СЗ РФ). 2001. №   44. Ст. 4147. 2. Гражданский кодекс Российской...

This article analyses the role of network forms of organisation in the development of innovative processes. The authors consider several definitions of network forms of organisation, including those typical of the sphere of innovations. The article offers an analysis of the explanation of the network phenomenon in the social exchange theory, M. Castells's network theory, resource dependence theory, organisational sociology theory, new institutionalism, evolutionary economics, and French economic...

This article considers the institutional aspects of discrete investment choice at the regional level through the example of the SEZ in the Kaliningrad region. The authors analysed the changes of the institution of SEZ throughout the latter's existence as well as the conditions of the economic agent activity within the SEZ. With the help of the Devereaux, Griffith model (1999, 2003), which describes the interconnections between the corporate taxation and discrete investment choice, the authors empirically...

The limited reproduction of labour power and difficulties in the attraction of a considerable amount of additional workforce from other regions or neighbouring states bring about the need for the transition of regional economy to intensive development by means of innovation, increase in labour efficiency, cross-industry redistribution of labour force and exploiting the local resources of unemployed population. 1.  Программа социально-экономического развития Калининградской облас­ти на 2007—2016...

This article, based on the study of legal sources, is an attempt to show the influence of cultural, historical, economic and political factors on the development of the law of succession in the Russian Federation. 1. Конституция Российской Федерации. М., 2008. 2. Гражданский кодекс Российской Федерации. М., 2008. 3. Владимирский-Буданов М.   Ф. Обзор истории русского права. Ростов н/Д,   1995. 4. Памятники русского права / сост.     А.   А. Зимен. Вып. 1. М., 1958. 5. Хрестоматия по истории...

This article reveals various aspects of regional transboundary cooperation including foreign trade, investment climate, and implementation of transboundary infrastructure projects financed by European funds. The analysis conducted is based on the results of transboundary cooperation with the participation of Kaliningrad business entities. The author considers the impact of economic crisis on transboundary interaction. 1.  Винокуров Е.   Ю. Мирохозяйственные связи Калининградской области: эко­номическое...

This article examines the system of logistical support to Kaliningrad regional law enforcement agencies as an object of regional governance, points out the basic principles and functions of regional administration, and analyses the principle of selected jurisdiction based on every administration agent vested with strictly defined and legitimate functions, provided the corresponding resources and their sources are legislatively determined for each function. 1.  Бутов В.   И., Игнатов В.   Г., Кетова...

This article analyses the position of labour migrants from Russia in East Prussia in the end of the 19th – the beginning of the 20th century. The author considers legal and economic assistance provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire to its citizens on the basis of recently discovered reports of Russian consuls in Königsberg. 1. Пересмотр торгового договора с Германией: доклад VIII съезда представи­телей промышленности и торговли. СПб., 1914. 2. Сборник сведений по...

This article focuses on the key levels of internationalisation of higher education in Russia against the background of implementation of Bologna process principles. The authors analyse the experience of the Faculty of Economics of the Mikhail Lomonosov Moscow State University of putting into practice the models of joint master's degree programmes. 1.  Смирнягин Л. Восьмая культура капитализма // Кредит Russia . №   24. 2000. Де­кабрь. 2.  Совместные программы и программы двойных дипломов в странах...

This article considers the main aspects of the methodology of formation of object-functional approach to regional development, which makes it possible, due to taking into account the patterns of regional function distribution, to choose strategic regional objects and ensure their interaction on the basis of incentives for economic agents. 1.  Бильчак В.   С. Мотивационный механизм развития посткризисной эконо­мики регионов России   // Вестник Балтийского научного центра. Калинин­град,   2003...

This article presents the results of a study of the applied research approach to the development of the GLONASS system implementation programme in the Kaliningrad region as a coastal territory. 1.  Боронилов А.   Б. О концепции эффективного использования ГЛОНАСС в специфичных условиях Калининградской области // Вестник БНЦ.   Калининград, 2010. №   1. 2.  ГЛОНАСС . Принципы построения и функционирования / под ред. А.   И. Пе­рова и В.   Н. Харисова. 3-е изд. перераб.   М., 2005. 3.  Ивченко...

This article considers the determinants of organised and corruption crime, its extent, and associated public danger, as well as the economic, organisational and legal measures of its prevention. 1.  Криминологическая статистика. Преступность и правонарушения (2004— 2008): Введение и общая характеристика преступности // Российский крими­нологический взгляд. 2009. № 4. С. 314. 2.  Лунеев В.   В. Сколько стоит преступность? // Российский криминологиче­ский взгляд. 2008. № 4. С. 107—127. 3. ...

This article stresses the need to bring the expressions "strategic potential of an organisation" (SPO) into academic use. The author examines the role of this notion among the specific concepts of strategic management theory and analyses the content of SPO in the framework of new institutional and evolutionary economics. 1.  Андрианов В.   Д. Россия: экономический и инвестиционный потенциал. М., 1999. 2.  Базел Р., Гейл Б., Салтан Р . Доля рынка- ключ к прибыльности // Класси­ка маркетинга...

Transfer pricing proofs to be an effective organizational management mechanism under the new economic conditions. This article deals with the main transfer pricing formation models and the interaction of financial participants contributing to harmonizing their economics interests. The application of these models to ensure competitiveness of public sector organizations is of special interest. 1.  Anthony R.   N., Dearden J. Management Control Systems. R.   D. Irwin, 1984. 2.  Erwert R., Wagenhofer...

The increase in the efficiency of migration processes control in Russia, in particular, in order to ensure reasonable engagement of international workforce requires a clear and intelligible scheme outlining the needs of Russian regions for additional inflow of migrant workers. It is necessary to take into account both the contemporary socioeconomic situation in the regions and their prospective opportunities for accelerated transition to innovative development. The article offers a system of indices...

This article is devoted to the analysis of influence of a certain set of factors on human capital reproduction financing. The basic factors are as follows: demographical factor, public sector development level, technological development, labor market situation, political factor, and the state of economy. 1.  Демографический ежегодник: стат. сб. Калининград, 2010. 2.  Казарян М.   А. Факторы воспроизводства человеческого капитала // Эко­номические науки. 2008. №   45. С. 455—459. 3.  Калининградская...

The patterns of development and distribution of production, including agricultural production, common to the country, are also characteristic of the exclave Kaliningrad region. However, spatial isolation from other Russian regions causes, firstly, a greater dependence on external geoeconomic and geopolitical factors and, secondly, a clearer manifestation of the patterns of spatial differentiation in the economy. Research methods are based on the spatio-temporal analysis of statistical data, using...

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a serious challenge for the whole world. All sectors of the economy suffered damage to a certain degree, taking all possible measures to prevent the aggravation of the epidemiological situation. The tourism and recreation sector found itself among the most affected industries. This article is devoted to the urgent problems of transformation in the tourist and recreational sphere of the Russian-Belarusian border areas, in the context of changes in the volume and structure...

... between type of sectoral composition of the economy and income of the population expressed in GDP per capita. The economic types proposed the article form homogeneous areas, which include several countries. Types of sectoral structure of the world’s economies are located on the world map with certain patterns.

Currently, ecological management systems are an important prerequisite for successful functioning and competitiveness of accommodation facilities. The article discusses the best practices of hotel chains which consider ecological changes introduced into the technological processes of hotel enterprises, as well as the practices of eco-certification. The authors high­light some benefits, including economic ones, from the introduction of waste reduction and recycling programs in hotels. Green activities...