A new role of cooperation under economic sanctions as seen by residents of the Kaliningrad region
... the population’s well-being. Within this setting, cooperation may be considered a priority form of entrepreneurial activity, enabling the consolidation of financial resources and reducing business costs. This article aims to assess the potential of consumer cooperation in the Kaliningrad region under anti-Russian sanctions. The authors analyse the features of cooperation development within the territory and investigate the demands and expectations of the local populace. The principal method employed ...
The consumer sentiment: regional aspect
The article in the scientific problems of the development of the regional competitive environment is devoted to methodological issues for evaluating the state of consumer confidence at the regional level. The results of the analysis of domestic and foreign experience evaluation indicators characterizing consumer sentiment. The technique for estimating the consumer sentiment index is described. The article presents ...
Spatial organisation of the new forms of e-grocery and ready-made food trade in a large Russian city
... warehouses, warehouse stores (fulfilment centres) and dot-com objects are placed according to entirely different principles. If the location of a service point is no longer a competitive advantage as seen by the buyer, faster delivery, hidden from the consumer, emerges as a critical factor in new competition. The paper also analyses the significance of spatial organization principles associated with this factor.
1. Kutsokon, I. V., Kornyushina, K. A. 2021, Impact of the macroeconomic shock from ...
Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
... ties with Baltic neighbours were suspended on the initiatives of the latter. The 11 sanctions packages imposed by the EU have prohibited the import of many hundreds of goods into Russia, supposedly with military significance, but often impacting the consumer market. Russian airlines have been banned from EU skies, and transit shipments by land have been limited as well. A growing proportion of freight transportation from mainland Russia to the region is now conducted by maritime transport, and the ...
Сompetitive environment, business activity, and consumer sentiment: the regional aspect
The methodological issues of assessing regional competition, business activity, and consumer confidence are considered as part of a study of regional competitive environment. The results of an analysis of national and international practices in assessing parameters describing competition, competitive environment, business activity, and ...
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... new conditions was considerably eased by lowering the border barrier between the territory and Poland. Novelties such as shuttle trading and intermediary businesses, which largely contributed to the shadow economy, ensured the influx of inexpensive consumer goods. Economic rent due to the proximity of the border allowed residents of the region’s border districts to partially offset the decline in their living standards [19], [25].
An important mechanism helping the economy adapt to the new geopolitical ...
The impact of the food embargo on consumer preferences and cross-border practices in the Kaliningrad region
... sensitively to the restrictions than any other territory of the country due to the heavy dependence of its food market on imported finished products and raw materials, as well as the transit from Russia via third countries. This study aims to explore how the consumer preferences of Kaliningraders changed in 2014—2021 under the food embargo. The research also investigates changes in the cross-border mobility of the region’s residents with regard to the practice of shopping for groceries in neighbouring ...
Lifestyles of Kaliningrad youth
Based on an analysis of leisure and consumer practices of students of two leading Kaliningrad universities, this paper attempts to reconstruct the actual space of Kaliningrad youth lifestyles, as well as to identify and describe groups following these lifestyles in socio-economic and ...
An algorithm of reduction of electric power consumption of objects regional electrical engineering complex
The article discusses an algorithm to reduce power consumption of objects of a regional electrical complex on the basis of the control action. A key feature of the howling of the algorithm is possible to reduce the consumption of electroporation individually to each object, given its individual and systemic properties.
1. Кудрин Б. И. Классика технических ценозов. Общая и прикладная ценология. Томск, 2006. Вып. 31 : Ценологические...
The socio-philosophical analysis of economic consciousness
This article considers the category of economic consciousness as a key category of social philosophy. The consumer consciousness is distinguished as one of the main levels of economic consciousness. In a consumer society, the economic consciousness is manifested in such characteristics as pluralism, В uncertainty, fragmentariness, variability, contextuality ...
The modelling of consumer demand for food in the Kaliningrad region
... security. The comprehensive model includes the regulatory and statistical patterns of consumption and a model of demand for resources among agricultural manufacturers. The article presents the results of statistical modelling and a forecast of regional consumer demand based on a survey of Kaliningraders held in October 2014 using the STATISTICA™ package.
1. Лукьянова Н. Ю., Соколова А. А. Моделирование портрета потребителя в непроизводственной ...
On the role of Arctic cod in the nutrition of abundant bird species of the Barents Sea
This article analyses the role of Arctic cod—the most abundant representative of Arctic fish fauna in the food web of the Barents Sea ecosystems. The author estimates the degree of its consumption by the most abundant seabirds-ichthyophagist (northern fulmar, Brünnich's guillemot, black-legged kittiwake) and performs ccalculations that can serve as a basis for bioresource forecasting for the Barents Sea in order to minimise the damage to the ecosystem and water area biodiversity.
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Competitive effects of low trade barriers: evaluations for the Kaliningrad region
... competitive pressure on regional prices. The study incorporates two major lines of analysis: a) a comparison of the international trade growth rates of different Russian regions; b) an assessment of the influence of Russian and European prices on the consumer price index as well as prices for particular tradable goods in the Kaliningrad region. Rosstat and Eurostat serve as the main data sources. To test their hypothesis, the authors use the methods of statistical and econometric analysis. The status ...
The Visegrad Group and the Baltic Assembly: coalitions within the EU as seen through Russian foreign policy
... because it is a primary source of labour resources, on which, among other things, the economic potential of countries and their investment attractiveness depends. The size of the population is an important indicator for calculating the volume of the consumer market. In this sense, the percentage of the population of the V4—12% of the EU — allows us to consider the V4 as a factor in the EU internal market since we are talking about 1/10 of the entire EU market. Compared with that, the percentage ...
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... production and investments; destruction of the R&D capacity; disarray in the financial and monetary systems; shrinkage of the federal revenues; growing national debt; Russia’s overdependence on the export of raw materials and import of equipment, consumer goods and foodstuff; brain drain, and uncontrolled flight of capital.
The document also pointed to internal social, political, ethnic and cultural tensions that threatened to undermine both the viability and the territorial integrity of the Russian ...
Cross-border tourist mobility as seen by residents of the Karelian borderlands: COVID-19 restrictions
... borderlands were affected by the restriction to a greater degree than their counterparts in the interior and urban municipalities due to the distinct economic and geographical position of the former and a developed network of cross-border ties and consumer preferences of the residents of the neighbouring territories.
Materials and methods
The survey of Karelians was carried out using Google Forms. It was a collaboration with Dr Ekaterina Shlapeko, a research fellow at the Institute of Economics ...
Development of a monitoring and control system for the indoor microclimate
A monitoring and control system is a system that allows you to remotely collect data on indicators from monitoring objects, without a physical presence. This system allows you to work both with sensors and other devices directly, and with an intermediate device, for example, with a controller or a local hub. In the current implementation, obtaining data on temperature, humidity and energy consumption of heating in a room has been created. The system also includes a feedback channel for controlling...
Narcotization of the population as a social problem (the case of the subjects of the North-Western Federal District)
Narcotizing of the population does not only cause harm to the physical and mental health of drug addicts, but also adversely affects the vital activity of the regions, which creates a direct threat to the gene pool of the nation, ensuring the rule of law, the national security of the country. Territorial differences in narcotizing are determined by many factors, such as the economic and geographical location, the level of transport infrastructure development and the social well-being of the population...
Portfolio optimization in the case of an exponential utility function and in the presence of an illiquid asset
We study an optimization problem for a portfolio with a risk-free, a liquid, and an illiquid risky asset. The illiquid risky asset is sold in an exogenous random moment with a prescribed liquidation time distribution. We assume that the investor chooses an exponential utility function. Study of optimization problems with three assets including an illiquid asset leads to three-dimensional nonlinear Hamilton — Jacobi — Bellman (HJB) equations.
It is well known that the exponential utility...
Scenarios of increasing the economic efficiency of the Kaliningrad regional transport system
... simulation model and the earlier developed system of transport tariffs and value added calculation for the Kaliningrad region, we produce scenarios and consider changes in value added in the case of selected cargoes carrying intermediate, investment, and consumer goods (as defined in the International Classification for Broad Economic Categories ICT BEC-4). Our calculations show that higher value added and greater economic efficiency of a regional transport system are associated with re-orientation ...
Environmental intensity of economic growth in the Baltic Sea region
National economic development is subject to a number of restrictions. One of the main constraints is the threat of complete exhaustion of non-renewable resources and environmental pollution exceeding the capacity of the planet. However, the rapid spread of resource-saving technologies is reducing the environmental intensity of economic activities. In this study, I aim to examine the ecological-economic dynamics of the environmental effects of economic development in the regions of Russia’s...
Marketing analysis of the preferences buyers in the retail segment pharmaceutical business old-industrial region
... of medicines and medical services. The article identifies the main problems and factors affecting the development of the retail segment of the pharmaceutical business of the old industrial region. The author offers a methodology of the assessment of consumer preferences and presents the results of marketing analysis of customer preferences in the retail segment of the pharmaceutical business of the Kemerovo region.
1. Грентикова И. Г. Методика оценки регионального ...
Changes in prices for basic consumer basket goods: The case of the Kaliningrad region
This article presents the results of a study into changes in prices for goods constituting the minimum consumer basket. The analysis uses the indicative method based on studying variations in the chain growth rate of prices, trends method, and time series variation. The calculations made it possible to describe changes in prices for staple food in the ...
The role of customer loyalty programmes in the modern market
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Customer lending in Russia: Legal regulation and insurance
This article deals with the legal regulation, development, and mechanism of consumer loan insurance in Russia. The author presents statistical data of the Central Bank of Russia and identifies the current "bottlenecks" of the banking services market
1. Банковское кредитование : учебник ...
The role of brand ecosystem in solving the tasks of hi-tech product marketing
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Исследования современного маркетинга: вехи пути
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Consumer right as a socioeconomic and legal category
This article considers the right of consumers to knowledge regarding their rights and their protection and information about goods (works, services) and their quality, requirements for such information, and responsibility for the violation of these requirements both at the legislative and ...
Russian Socio-Economic Geography: Status, Challenges, Perspectives
... characteristics and patterns of spatial development. In the recent decades, however, this area of scientific investigation has failed its promise, which happened for a number of external and internal reasons. The main external reason is the development of "consumer society", which does not require the search of new space and therefore ignores the "spatial" science, geography. Internal reason is the blurring of socio-economic geography along the variety of new lines of research. The discipline ...
Commodity flow model for an exclave region: Rent-seeking in the ‘transitional period’ of the special economic zone
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The Development of International Tourism in Lithuania: a Comparative Analysis of Regional Aspects
The processes related to the development of international tourism in Lithuania are of importance for the growth of economic, social, and cultural welfare. The increasing tourist and recreational attractiveness of such cities as Druskininkai, Trakai, Palanga, Vilnius, and Klaipeda to international tourists, as well as an advantageous quality-price ratio of the services offered contribute to the growth of competitiveness on the international tourism market. Service standards applied in Lithuania at...
The textual concept "the society of consumption" in the novel "99 francs" by Frederic Beigbeder
The article provides the analysis of the macroconcept structure of the "society of consumption" in the novel "99 Francs" by a contemporary French writer Frederic Beigbeder. The paper reveals the ideological role of advertising as a socio-cultural metaphor of the society in question, whose main characteristic features are anomie and callousness.
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Sanctions risks and regional development: Russian case
... the share of considered companies in regional markets was high, then the output index was lower in 2022 (correlation coefficient – 0.19), but in the first half of 2023 the situation was the opposite (+ 0.09), which may indicate a reorientation of consumers to local brands after the release of market niches or continuation of enterprises activity in Russia after a change in the ownership structure.<20>
As of mid-2023, 890 companies announced their complete withdrawal from Russia, of which ...
The legal regulation of agricultural cooperation during the period of the Provisional Government and Soviet Russia
... public-law one and thereby depriving it of the fundamental principles on which it had been built for several decades.
Novikova Yu.O.
cooperation, cooperative partnerships, agricultural cooperation, cooperative movement, cooperative legislation, consumer commune, cooperative construction
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The modern economy of Russia’s Baltic regions in the municipal context
This article analyses the differentiation of municipalities at the municipal and urban district levels in the Kaliningrad and Leningrad regions based on their economic development and the response of their economies to the crises of 2020 and 2022. Emphasis is placed on the possibilities of conducting such assessments by merging Rosstat statistics with publicly available accounting and tax reporting data from the Federal Tax Service. The contribution also assesses the role of small businesses in municipal...
Knowledge and innovation dynamics of the Northwest Russia under geopolitical changes
... commercialization of technologies.
Study design
The first stage involves the assessment of scientific activity in Northwest Russia. Indicators for the analysis are the number of commissioned and performed R&D projects and expenditure on R&D by performers and consumers (total and per project). The considered period is 2019—2021. The share of the Northwest regions in the total performed and commissioned R&D in Russia allows us to assess the size of their scientific systems. This and other indicators in absolute ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... amounting to 25 billion roubles, engaging unemployed citizens in the process. Additionally, there was an increase in budgetary support for professional retraining initiatives. Remarkably, Russian citizens exhibited responsible behaviour, refraining from consumer panic, mass withdrawal of deposits from banks, or organizing strikes.
Due to the active adaptation activities of the state, businesses and households, the fall in Russia’s GDP at the end of 2022 was not 8—12 %, as many leading foreign and ...
Three Russian Baltic regions in the context of confrontation between Russia and the West
... Petersburg), maritime transport ensures the delivery of substantial quantities of raw materials and semi-finished products for import-substituting and partially export-oriented productions within the regions. Additionally, it facilitates the transportation of consumer goods to meet the population’s needs and supports the export of manufactured products. The Baltic Sea basin, the second-largest in terms of cargo turnover (245.6 million tons in 2022, accounting for 29.2 % of the total cargo turnover of all ...
Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... coverage with centralised water supply
Online preparation of rural youth for enrolment to universities and vocational schools
Hands-on training and education in school to meet the needs of the labour market
Economics
Providing incentives for agricultural consumer cooperatives engaged in crop production and livestock breeding, as well as cooperative centres for machinery repair and maintenance
Assistance to the development of rural tourism; tourism courses for rural residents
Putting idle land to economic ...
Economic development of Russia’s north-western regions and migration to the St. Petersburg agglomeration
... with minor growth of real salaries, which constitute a weighty proportion of the GRP, this hinders labour productivity growth. The stagnation of real income results in a slower labour productivity growth in some advanced regions with a high share of consumer services. A low share of services is found also in many mining-oriented regions, which feature slow labour productivity growth in the mining industry. The ICT sector is developing successfully, but its share is rather small even in the more advanced ...
Tool-Kit for Ethical Analysis of Video Games: Answer to the Challenges of the New Enlightenment
The authors of the idea of a “new Enlightenment”, Ernst von Weizsäcker and Anders Wijkman, in their 2018 report to the Club of Rome analyse the causes of the explosive development of science and technology in the Modern period and come to the conclusion that their triumph and existential threats stem in many ways from the ideals of Enlightenment, so that the future of humankind depends crucially on an ideological rethinking of man’s status in the world. They stress the need to enhance the...
Reclaiming the “Cultural Mandate”: The Idea of Sustainable Development in the Kantian Perspective
In the Club of Rome report Come on! Capitalism, Short-Termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet (2018) Kant, along with other “old” Enlighteners, is presented as the father of a world-view which led to the destabilisation of the environment in which humanity exists. The authors of the report argue that the “old Enlightenment” with its individualism, faith in the market and a consumerist attitude to nature should be scrapped. I maintain that this assessment of Kant’s philosophy...
Evaluating the efficiency of the research sector in Russian regions: a dynamic data envelopment analysis
... personnel. This metric covers various categories of people employed in the field rather than researchers only, since such an approach is more suitable for efficiency assessment.
2. Internal R&D expenses. All the evaluations, which are based on the regional consumer price index, are normalised to 2010 values.
Resulting indicators (outputs):
1. The number of publications covers research works of all types from the years 2010—2021, indexed in Scopus [5]. It is shifted one period forward since, by convention,...
Efficiency analysis of seaports in Russia’s Baltic basin: performance evaluation
This research presents a comprehensive analysis of the performance efficiency of Russia’s Baltic seaports, taking into account various economic indicators and addressing investment planning and management issues. Special attention is given to the sustainable development goals and objectives of the seaports, considering their significance in transport and logistics systems. The primary objective of this work is to develop a system approach for conducting multi-criteria studies on seaport performance...
Comparative analysis of the territorial support frame of settlement in coastal areas: the case of St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad regions
As a scientific method, comparative studies respond to the needs of society. However, the logic of globalisation has reduced the demand for comparative analysis in international and national (regional) studies. Nevertheless, old, settled coastal areas — which European urban science considers as evidence of the decisive effect of coastal position on spatial development and urbanisation — remain valid research objects. Achieving corresponding theoretical and practical goals requires qualitative...
Migration distances in Russia: a demographic profile of migrants
The distance of migration is closely linked to life course events, which are, in turn, marked by age. It serves as a criterion for distinguishing migration from other forms of spatial mobility. This paper aims to calculate the average distance of domestic migrations in Russia between 2011 and 2020, considering various migrant profiles such as sex, age, and type of residential registration. The Euclidean distance between 130,000 geocoded Russian settlements was computed to estimate migration distances...
Multimodal text as a means of political identification: an analysis of the Russian blogosphere
..., E. G., 2010. Website how polisemiotichesky hypertext: problem formulation. Mir nauki, kul'tury, obrazovaniya [The world of science, culture and education], 3 (22), pp. 64—67 (in Russ.).
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Savelieva, E. N. and Budenkova, V. E., 2020. Methodological Issues of Cultural ...
Territorial structure of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baltic States
... persist, structural changes in the travel geography of the Baltic States will take place, with the countries becoming even more closely integrated into the Western European travel market; existing tourism products will be adjusted to meet the needs of EU consumers; the positive changes in the periphery and semi-peripheral will slow down.
Further research should be undertaken to explore the spatial structure of the Baltics’ tourism market. The evolution of a complex phenomenon such as tourism, especially ...
A typology of the Baltic region states according to excellence in science and technology
Global manufacturing systems function in such a way that countries develop industrial specialisation, which leads to territorial disparities. The countries of the Baltic region are no exception despite their strong economic ties and developed industries. A significant element of any manufacturing system is its scientific and technological subsystem, which is described in this article for ten countries (Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia)...
Internet diffusion and interregional digital divide in Russia: trends, factors, and the influence of the pandemic
... Internet and household income. A 1 % increase in income leads to an increase in the proportion of households having access to the Internet from a home computer by 0.167 %, while an increase in prices reduces it by 0.119 %. It is important to have a large consumer market, where new technologies appear earlier. If in a region the overall income of the whole population is higher by 1 %, then the availability of the Internet is higher by 0.023 %. In other words, the first level of inequality is predominantly ...