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Today, the world tourism market is dynamic and rapidly developing area of the world economy. International inbound tourism has a positive impact on the national and regional economies of recipient countries thus it is necessary to develop this sector in the countries and regions that have a potential to attract foreign tourists. The purpose of this article is to estimate the competitiveness of the Irkutsk region on the world ...

This article examines the current economic situation focusing on Russia’s entry to WTO. The authors analyse the positive and negative effects of WTO membership on Russia’s economy at the present stage and consider the economic situation in the condition of Western sanctions and Russian anti-sanctions. 1. РИА Новости. URL: http://ria.ru (дата обращения: 10.08.2015). 2. Присоединение России к ВТО: целесообразность, проблемы, риски. URL: http://www.webeconomy.ru/index.php?newsid=1480&page=cat&type=news...

In 2016, the Kaliningrad region economy is entering a new stage of development. It is important to establish whether the new investment mechanism proposed in the framework of amended SEZ legislation can ensure the development of regional economy. In recent years, investment performance has deteriorated in almost all areas, since the expected abolition of customs preferences brought about dramatic changes in the business environment. The investment mechanism proposed in the new SEZ law could not create...

This article identifies the features of analytical approach to studying the sectoral structure of economy, including the general economic, socio-economic, and investment performance. It is concluded that the gross regional product shows steady growth, structural differences from the national average are insignificant, manufacturing produces the greatest output, and wholesale and retail trade is dominated by real estate operations. 1. Развитие экономики Калининградской области в ключевых показателях...

This article analyses the problems of civil law regulation, identifies contentious issues, and states that the dispositive principle can act as a basis for economic relations development. 1. О внесении изменений в главы 1, 2, 3 и 4 части первой Гражданского кодекса Российской Федерации : федеральный закон от 30.12.2012 № 302-ФЗ : ред.от 04.03.2013 // Собрание законодательства РФ. 2012. № 53, ч. 1, ст. 7627. 2. Зорькин В. Д. Выступление на Международной научно-практической конференции в г. Москве...

This article considered the stage and features of formation of the state border with Poland and Lithuania, as well as the delimitation of the Russian marine area in the Kaliningrad region zone. The Polish border was established by the Soviet-Polish border agreement of 1945. It was of astronomical nature and did not take into account the earlier administrative and economic structure of East Prussia. Since 1993, representatives of the Kaliningrad region participated in the negotiation on the Russian-Lithuanian...

This paper offers a scientific analysis of Russian practices of assessing the quality information control systems (economic aspect) over the last thirty years. The author described the methodological approach to the assessment of the quality of information services for the agro-industrial complex. 1. Лукьянова Н. Ю. О возможности применения зарубежного опыта оценки качества информационных систем в  агропромышленной сфере // Известия Международной академии аграрного образования. 2010. № 9. С. 53—58...

Russian economy is overcoming the crisis; its further restoration and growth depend on different factors: abrupt and not always predictable changes in the world economic situation, dynamics and fluctuations of oil prices, inflow and outflow of capital from financial markets, and other external economic and political factors. However, there is increasing awareness that the restoration and growth largely depend on internal fundamental factors: modernisation of economy and the prospects of increase...

This article analyses the role of strategic potential of organisations in ensuring its competitiveness in a dynamic environment. The author considers the process of open innovation management. Special attention is paid to the joint activities of a number of organisations in innovative research and development and its further application. 1. Баззел Р., Гейл Б., Салтан Р. Доля рынка — ключ к прибыльности // Классика маркетинга. СПб., 2001. С. 419—435. 2. Кастельс М. Информационная эпоха: экономика...

The role of tourism as one of the priority of regional development is grounded. The positive and negative factors of transforming tourism into the leading branch of the Economy of the Kaliningrad Oblast are formulated. The existing programmes targeting the tourism development are examined. There is characteristic of tourism services in Kaliningrad region by branches focusing on the economic activities of tourist companies and accommodations as an example. 1.  Драгилева И.   И., Корнеевец В.  ...

The author substantiates the function of sea-industry complex in overcoming economic crisis and makes the forecast of project development of this complex in the Kaliningrad region. 1.  Батурова Г.   В., Коновалов А.   М. [и др.]. Подходы к стратегическому прогно­зированию // Теория и практика морской деятельности: сб. науч. публикаций / под ред. Г.   К. Войтоловского. Вып. 16. М., 2008. 2.  Войтоловский Г.   К. Об эволюции госуправления морской деятельностью // Морской сборник. 2008. №   4...

The article presents basic reasons of world economic crisis and their negative influence on economic development of Russia including Kaliningrad region. One could find substantiation of forming new financialeconomic model as long-term development program for Russia. 1. Макиавелли Н. Князь. Минск, 2000.

The article revue s issue of Russian foreign trade on Baltics. Special attention is given to the major role of the Baltic Sea macroregion in the process of economic integration of Russia into the Common European Economic Space. 1.  Грот Н.   Б. Экономическое сотрудничество // Северо-Запад России в ре­гионе Балтийского моря: проблемы и перспективы экономического взаимодей­ствия и сотрудничества / под ред. Я. Заухи, Г.   М. Федорова, Л.   Э. Лимо­нова, Н.   Ю. Одинг. Калининград, 2008. 2.  Информационно-издательский...

This article analyses the debatable legislative provisions concerning the exclusion from the register of the residents of the Special economic zone in the Kaliningrad region, the court practice regarding the implementation of investment policy statements by the residents and the exclusion of the latter from the register in case of violations. The author draws attention to the problems of the improvement of the corresponding legislation and law enforcement practice. 1. Об Особой экономической зоне...

This article offers an analysis of the actions of Latvian government aimed to solve the economic and social problems in the difficult period of the beginning of World War II. 1. Чубарьян А.   О . Канун трагедии: Сталин и международный кризис: сен­тябрь 1939 — июнь 1941 года. М., 2008. 2. АВП РФ. Ф. 210. 3. Полпреды сообщают… Сборник документов об отношениях СССР с Латви­ей, Литвой и Эстонией: август 1939 — август 1940 гг. М, 1990.

This article addresses the problem of economic security organization in the coastal region of Russia. The authors offer a network model of the process as a tool of effective management 1.  Ивченко В.   В. Сетевое программирование развития приморских регионов России: монография. Калининград,   2008. 2.  Ивченко В.   В., Бильчак М.   В. Моделирование развития приграничной эко­номики как фактор преодоления кризисных явлений в регионе // Вестник БНЦ. 2009. №   1. 3.  Шулькина Т.   М. Экономическая...

This paper examines the activity of small enterprises in the Kaliningrad region using the example of furniture industry. The author identifies the factors affecting their development in a special economic zone 1.  Малое предпринимательство в Калининградской области: стат. сб. / Тер­риториальный орган Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Ка­лининградской области. Калининград,   2005 — 2010. 2.  Мебельный рынок в России 2008 — 2010: общие показатели и прогноз. URL: http://www...

This article examines the economic and legal consequences of the changes in the law on financial support of tourism to small tour operators in the Kaliningrad region. 1.  Об основах туристской деятельности в Российской Федерации: фед. закон от 24.11.1996 г. №   132-ФЗ. Доступ из справ.-правовой системы «КонсультантП­люс». 2.  О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон «Об основах туристской дея­тельности в Российской Федерации»: фед. закон от 05.02.2007 г. №   12-ФЗ Доступ из справ.-правовой...

This article reveals the specific features of the transformation of functional approach when characterizing the multi-level system of functioning and managing of foreign economic activity (FEA). The author describes the adjustment of traditional management functions (planning, organization, motivation and control) to current trends of FEA development through the example of the Kaliningrad region. 1. Официальный сайт Правительства Калининградской области. URL : http :// www . gov 39. ru 2. ...

This paper provides a scientific analysis of Russian experience of quality assessment (the economic aspect) of the information support for the agro-industrial complex. Part 1 covers the period of the 1950s-1970s. 1.  Гличев А.   В. Качество, эффективность, нравственность: учеб. пособие. М., 2009. 2.  Методика определения экономической эффективности внедрения меха­низации и автоматизации производства с учетом специфики отдельных отрас­лей. М., 1960. 3.  Баженова И.   Ф., Свиридов И.   И. Экономическая...

This article analyses the problems of implementation of the Special economic zone regime in the Kaliningrad region, outlines its major development trends, suggests prolongation of the transitional period for business entities using the free customs zone procedure, and emphasises certain problems of legislation improvement and application of law in the field under consideration. 1.  Об Особой экономической зоне в Калининградской области и о внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Российской...

Given the issue of balanced socio-economic development of the entire territory of the Ka­liningrad region, an important task is to improve the quality of life in small towns in the re­gion, as they serve as supporting elements for the regional settlement frame. Attracting feder­al and extrabudgetary funds could be seen as an effective tool in the context of a local budget deficit. To date, improving the quality of urban spaces has been possible due to participation in the all-Russian competition...

Being in close proximity to the local community and its needs, a modern rural library in the Russian space is designed to be not only a center for users to access information, but also a place of education, cultural and intellectual activities, adaptation of residents to rapidly changing political, socio-economic, and psychological conditions. The rural library should act as an institution of socialization through developing a system of traditional values and pre­serving local culture, positioning...

Changes in the spatial structure of rural settlement, which occur primarily under the influence of structural transformations in the economy, turn urban agglomerations into the drivers of growth. The periphery becomes, as a rule, depressive. This forces the regional authorities to work out programs for the regional development of peripheral territories characterized as backward areas with depopulation and population outflow, poor infrastructure, low incomes and high rates of unemployment. However...

In the Kaliningrad region, as well as in other regions of Russia, the cen­ter-peripheral model of economic development directly affects the transfor­mation of the regional settlement system. Over the past 10 years, the dynam­ics of the population in rural settlements of the region has been determined by agglomeration and transport-geographical factors. The analysis of changes in the population of 1,068 settlements in the region (excluding cities and urban-type settlements) and their transport and...

The coastal area of Russia is a dynamically developing region of the coun­try, the geopolitical and geostrategic importance of which has grown significant­ly in recent decades due to changes in the external conditions of development. The differences in the socio-economic development of the coastal area of Russia are reflected in the numerous gradients of the migration situation, the study of which determines the purpose of this article. The study relies on typology, statis­tical and general scientific...

The study examines the spatial and temporal distribution of global scien­tific knowledge on social innovation in rural areas. It is possible to assess the scientific productivity of a particular thematic area using the methods of sci­entometrics, which make it possible to compare the achievements of countries, regions and individual researchers, as well as to organize data on the infor­mation flow of scientific publications. The Scopus abstract database was taken as the data source, and the VOSviewer...

The issues of employment have a certain importance while assessing the socio-economic situation throughout the country. The published statistical da­ta analysis presents a good background for comparing employment indicators of the Kaliningrad region with the national average as well as with the indica­tors of its closest neighbours among the Russian regions — the Pskov and the Smolensk regions. Despite the fact that economic and demographic situation in the Kaliningrad region is more favorable than...

The article is devoted to the topical issue of providing innovation security of the Kaliningrad region, Russia’s exclave on the Baltic Sea. The author discusses the importance of creating a favourable innovation environment in the region for sustainable implementation of the innovative model of economic development. The author assesses the innovation environment in the Kaliningrad region and performs a retrospective analysis of its transformation. Special attention is paid to the institutional aspects...

The article focuses on the urgent issues of the labour resourses repeoduction in the Kaliningrad region as a result of interregional and international labor migration for the last years. Reducing the number of own labor resources in changing external and internal conditions for the regional socioeconomic system determines the urgency of migration monitoring and analysis. The aim of the study is to analyze the position of the Kaliningrad region in the labor migration within the transforming geopolitical...

The geographical location of the Kaliningrad region calls for the coastal factor to play a greater role in the development of the region. Created in the Soviet period, the backbone of local maritime activities is highly polarized along the coastline of the region. Similarly polarized along the coastline is the settlement system, which incorporates both the growing cities of the Kalinin­grad agglomeration and areas of low population density, the latter located primarily along the bays. These circumstances...

The article deals with modern concepts of cultural landscapes in Russian and foreign geography, as well as approaches to the zoning of cultural landscapes. The approaches to landscape-cultural and historical-geographical zoning considered in the article appear to be logical and scientifically substantiated; they give an exhaustive picture of the origin of the cultural landscape, both natural and historical-cultural. However, they do not determine the state of the cultural landscapes of a particular...

This article discusses the role of pollination by honeybees as an ecosystem service in the structure of agricultural production. Forest, marsh, and mea-dow communities are considered as basic conditions for pollination in the eco-systems of the Kaliningrad region. A classification of the area for beekeeping is conducted according to the productive capacity of plant communities. The 1991—2004 interannual dynamics of providing ecosystem services by the agricultural geosystem was analysed in the case...

Тhe paper is devoted to the modeling of R&D behavior patterns of industrial enterprises in the conditions of perceived risks. Unambiguously negative influence is caused by institutional risks only, while the influence of other risk factors is more complex in character. 1. Cohen M., Jaffray J.-Y., Said T. Experimental Comparison of Individual Behavior under Risk and under Uncertainty for Gains and for Losses // Organizational behavior and human decision processes. 1987. Vol. 39. P. l—22. 2. Bauer...

Socio-economic development of the Kaliningrad region requires new scenarios and ways of functioning of the regional economy. Based on recent regional studies, the author proposes to resume the discussion of alternative strategies for the development of the Kaliningrad region. One of the most promising ideas is the marine economic strategy proposed V. V. Ivchenko. On the basis of this strategy, the author defines various possibilities of establishing an industrial port complex in the region. The main...

This article provides a detailed definition of the concepts of ‘tourist area demarcation’ and ‘tourist zoning’. The earlier proposed components of competitiveness index help identify four major groups of factors of recreation zone differentiation. The recreation zoning of the Kaliningrad region was carried out in view of the geopolitical position, development of tourist infrastructure, and current and potential tourist specialisation of municipalities. 1. Как Россия конкурирует в секторе туризма...

The territory of the Kaliningrad regions offers a solid basis for the development of a strong transport cluster with a potential to integrate into the transport system o the Baltic region and ensure cargo and passenger transit between world economic centres – the Pacific Rim and the European Union. The article offers a characteristic of main means of transport forming the transport structure of the region and identifies the basic problems peculiar to the regional transport complex as a whole and...

The article is devoted to economic globalization that is considered first of all as the process of formation and development of international production networks. The article shows the differences from the previous production internalization. The specific features of commodity chains and production networks forming in the process of globalization are provided. 1.  Бхагвати Д. В защиту глобализации / пер. с англ.; под ред. В.   Л. Иноземцева. М.: Ладомир, 2005. 2.  Гидденс Э. Ускользающий мир:...

The administrative territorial division of the Pskov region is considered in historical context. The author distinguishes the stages of formation of the Pskov region as an administrative territorial unit of the Russian Federation and analyses the population dynamics, natural population increase and migrations on the territory of the present-day Pskov region in the 19th-21st centuries. Special attention is drawn to migration control as a factor of the economic development of the region. 1. Кривуля...