The role of customer loyalty programmes in the modern market
This article examines the main trends in the development of customer loyalty programmes and describes companies’ approaches to creating and implementing them. The authors identify the challenges facing companies that modify customer loyalty programmes in accordance with the features of the Russian institutional ...
The problems of legal regulation of the free customs zone in the Kaliningrad region
This article discusses the features of application of the free customs zone procedure in the Kaliningrad region, draws attention to the problems arising in the judicial practice relating to the application of the said customs procedure, and proposes measures to improve the mechanism of the customs zone procedure ...
Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
... have explored the business activities of the region’s manufacturing industries, identifying production companies with the most potential. For instance, Anastasiya Kuznetsova emphasises the low value-added generated by enterprises enjoying SEZ 1996 customs privileges and engaged in import substitution. She also stresses the massive budgetary expenditure on compensating for the customs duties levied on such companies under SEZ 2016, which came to replace SEZ 2006 [20]. Therefore, it appears necessary ...
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... with mainland Russia, geopolitical changes have naturally had an exceptionally strong effect. The relationship between border functions and economic restructuring was investigated over four periods. The study utilised data from Rosstat and the Federal Customs Service, departmental statistics and findings from expert interviews conducted by the authors. The extent and direction of changes are assessed by examining the ratios between major economic sectors, the structure of foreign trade relations, and ...
The role of brand ecosystem in solving the tasks of hi-tech product marketing
This article analyses an efficient method of interacting with customer, which is aimed at the successful adaptation of innovations. It is noted that, in hi-tech markets, such interaction with all groups of customers can be carried out through a strong brand, whereas special importance is attached to the creation ...
Commodity flow model for an exclave region: Rent-seeking in the ‘transitional period’ of the special economic zone
... Reshenie Komissii Tamozhennogo sojuza ot 28 janvarja 2011 g. № 525 «O Edinoj metodologii vedenija tamozhennoj statistiki vneshnej torgovli i statistiki vzaimnoj torgovli gosudarstv — chlenov Tamozhennogo sojuza» [Decision of the
Commission of the Customs Union on January 28, 2011 № 525 «On the Unified methodology of customs statistics of foreign trade and bilateral trade statistics states— members of the Customs Union»], available at: http://www.customsunion.ru/
info/3477.html (accessed ...
Geography and economy of the Kaliningrad region: limitations and prospects of development
... no. 11, p. 106—127.
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Using Python Libraries for Analysis of the Customer Churn Rate of a Bank
At the present time, competition for customers among banks is escalating. The indicator of customer churn is very important for the analysis and planning bank work. Five algorithms for calculating the outflow of bank customers are used in this article. Program codes are written in Python....
Sanctions risks and regional development: Russian case
... risks
Threat
Exposure
indicator
Data source
Different hazardous
aspects / potential negative
impacts of sanctions risks
Threat of disruption of regional trade ties
Share of exports to unfriendly countries in the region’s total exports in 2019—2021
Customs services of Russia and other countries
Limited access to highly profitable markets of unfriendly countries
Unpreparedness of transport system for reorientation of trade flows
Share of imports from unfriendly countries in the region’s total imports ...
Knowledge and innovation dynamics of the Northwest Russia under geopolitical changes
... of the data on 150 thousand R&D projects downloaded and compiled, only projects launched in 2019—2021 were selected. The array of information included project titles and abstracts, keywords and subject categories, the amount and source of funding, customers and performers.
In the second stage, the authors selected enterprises from the SPARK-Interfax database using the primary national registration numbers (OGRN) of consumers and performers. There are over 15 thousand Russian enterprises participating ...
Mathematical modeling of the process of attracting customers for paid SAAS solutions
The paper considers various aspects of attracting customers to use SaaS solutions from company X. As a test solution, an advertising company aimed at the Latin American region was considered. Based on the obtained data, a mathematical model was built that showed the most "weak" points in ...
Matrix Representation of the Kaliningrad Regional Accounts System: Experimental Development and Modelling Prospects
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Towards a Stable and Dynamic Economy in the Kaliningrad Region
... region and explore possible ways to increase the stability of regional economy. The study employs economic statistical methods and identifies factors affecting regional development. The author analyses the dependence of the manufacturing industry on customs and tax privileges under the law On the Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad region and federal programmes supporting the development of manufacturing and social infrastructure. The article stresses that the abolition of customs privileges ...
A new role of cooperation under economic sanctions as seen by residents of the Kaliningrad region
... regarding joining a cooperative (‘starting one’s own business’, ‘obtaining a new source of income’), social motivation is also present in the responses of Kaliningraders. Notably, every fourth respondent mentioned expectations such as providing customers with quality goods or supporting the domestic market in the face of sanctions. Equally significant for residents of Kaliningrad (40.5 %) and Russians overall (46.9 %) is connecting with like-minded individuals as a factor in cooperative activities....
Confiscation Estonian style: legal and political aspects of potential seizure of Russian assets in EU countries
The possible confiscation of Russian assets by Western countries is one of the serious challenges to modern international law and the system of international relations. Since the greater part of the frozen assets is under the jurisdiction of EU countries, special attention should be paid to studying mechanisms for the use of Russian assets within the EU. The purpose of this article is to identify the key characteristics of the EU’s approaches to the use of frozen Russian assets, determine their...
Geography of the mobile internet in the border and interior regions of Russia
... on intraregional socio-economic processes but also on improving connectivity for border areas with the main territory of the country. It can also enhance their role in international trade, including increasing the efficiency and safety of border and customs control services. A comprehensive utilization of the digital potential in border regions encompasses the development of both fibre-optic networks and wireless cellular and satellite technologies. This should enhance citizens’ internet access ...
The impact of the food embargo on consumer preferences and cross-border practices in the Kaliningrad region
... markets, small shops, trade stands, unregulated street trading — pop-up stalls, and car boot selling (including with truckers as intermediaries). City fairs
Independent stores and outlets in shopping centres, mini-markets
—
Note: *In three days, customs officers seize more than 100 kg of sanctioned products in Kaliningrad stores, 2022, KGD.RU, URL:
https://kgd.ru/news/society/item/98651-za-tri-dnya-tamozhenniki-izyali-bolshe-100-kg-sankcionki-v-m...
(accessed 08.11.2022) ; Raid in Kaliningrad ...
Three development strategies of the Kaliningrad region (1991—2018)
... region strategy, International development corridor strategy. The article describes specific characteristics of each strategy. It is based on the analysis of academic publications, data from the Russian Federal State Statistics Service and the Federal Customs Service of Russia. Common economic and statistical methods are used to process the data. The article identifies the factors contributing to the strategies development and provides qualitative and quantitative assessment of their implementation....
Marketing analysis of the preferences buyers in the retail segment pharmaceutical business old-industrial region
Increasing competition in the retail segment of the Russian pharmaceutical market, which is mainly represented by small businesses, leads to the struggle for each customer, who is becoming increasingly demanding when it comes to the quality 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 ...
On the problem of cultural reference of proverbs (the Russian proverbs with images of clothing)
... etc. in the realm of ideas about the world. These ideas are interpreted within different fields of human spiritual life, for instance, in proverbs. Proverbs featuring clothing items are a major source for understanding tastes, preferences, lifestyles, customs, and worldview of a nation. Images of garments in proverbs are a particular form of expressing the key ideas of a culture. Moreover, such images serve as condensers of the established etiquette, ethical, social, and other judgements. A cultural ...
Economic and Geographical Structure of the Baltic Sea region
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Russia and WTO at the current stage
... ВТО: целесообразность, проблемы, риски. URL: http://www.webeconomy.ru/index.php?newsid=1480&page=cat&type=news (дата обращения: 10.08.2015).
Chaplygin V., Dolina V.
international forum, WTO law, markets, customs duties, sanctions, anti-sanctions, WTO effect, Customs Union
127-132
The impact of corporate culture on the increase in the level of strategic relationships with corporate clients (partners)
This article offers the results of a study aimed to explore the connection between a company’s organizational culture and the level of strategic relationships with customers (partners). The author gives recommendations on the development of strategic relationships with customers (partners) and determines their effectiveness.
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Имидж как отражение организационной ...
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Russia's accession to the WTO as an important factor of the country's integration into the world economy
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10.5922/2079-8555-2011-4-7
56-63
World Trade Organization, integration,...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... domains. This policy was accompanied by the construction of new ports, berths, terminals, railway approaches, and specialized warehouse areas on the western borders of Russia. At the same time, housing for workers and other infrastructure for port, customs, phytosanitary and other services were built in the port areas. Particular emphasis was placed on the augmentation of cargo traffic through the Baltic Sea, given that this route served as the shortest and most convenient pathway to Russia’s ...
Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... to tailor student learning experiences in the field of business. Stratifyd offers a data analysis platform that harnesses AI for automated data categorization and visualization through graphs and charts. Riid is a platform that harnesses AI to craft customized educational materials and assessments for students studying business and economics. Knewton is another platform leveraging AI to dynamically personalize student learning in real-time. Cognii uses AI to develop interactive courses and automatically ...
The Visegrad Group and the Baltic Assembly: coalitions within the EU as seen through Russian foreign policy
... January 1, 2011 [16, p. 32].
When assessing the activity of sub-regional unions and associations, one should point out their different legal status. For example, Benelux<7> is an integral part of the EU and a full-fledged economic, political and customs union, which has been developing in parallel with the EU and is included in the EU structure by Article 223 of the Agreement on the creation of the EEC. The institutions of cooperation mentioned in this article do not have such a status. Brussels ...
Efficiency analysis of seaports in Russia’s Baltic basin: performance evaluation
... indicators that allow taking into account total costs, execution time, investment volume, service, and performance indicators [26]. The second group consists of specific indicators related to the performance of operational tasks: port capacity, productivity, customer satisfaction with the provided service (which is reflected in global ratings, for example, in the LPI — Logistics Performance Index calculated by the World Bank), port cargo turnover, and others. As already noted, today the efficiency of port ...
Population change and the settlement system transformation in Poland, as revealed by the 2021 census
... former shipbuilding plant named after Adolf Varsky (Stocznia Szczecińska im. Adolfa Warskiego), which built its last vessel (FESCO Vladimir) for the Far Eastern Shipping Company in 2009, and the Szczecin Metallurgical Plant (Huta Szczecin), whose large customer was this shipbuilding plant, ceased their production. Ship repairs have plummeted. In the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, unlike the Pomeranian one, new economic sectors are developing extremely slowly. The interior of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship ...
Comparative analysis of the territorial support frame of settlement in coastal areas: the case of St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad regions
... trade. For instance, Carl Gaigné and Jacques-François Thisse write that the ‘main contribution’ of new economic geography was the idea that ‘[u]nder constant returns, firms find it profitable to disperse their production to bring it closer to customers, as this will reduce transport costs without lowering productive efficiency. Such a space economy is the quintessence of self-sufficiency: if the distribution of factor endowments is uniform, the economy reduces to a Robinson Crusoe-type economy ...
France’s strategy in the Baltic region: military and political aspects
... expected to strengthen the defence cooperation between France and the Baltic countries, with continued contact between their defence ministries, general staffs, and military academies [23, p. 193]. On a very limited scale, the latter are able to become customers for the French defence industry as the interest of the Lithuanian leadership in CAESAR artillery has recently shown. Such equipment can be acquired both for their own needs and for the subsequent transfer to Ukraine like in the Danish case.
...
Cross-border tourist mobility as seen by residents of the Karelian borderlands: COVID-19 restrictions
This article offers a new approach to evaluating the significance of cross-border tourism for residents of the border region of Karelia amid COVID-19 restrictions. The work draws on data of a municipal-level survey of the region’s population (575 people), conducted by the author in collaboration with Dr Ekaterina Shlapeko in 2021. Analysis of the survey results has confirmed the customariness of cross-border tourist mobility for the Karelians and the essential role it plays in their lives. These...
The economy of Russian Baltic regions: development level and dynamics, structure and international trade partners
... three Russian Baltic regions, will be particularly beneficial. The period covered by the article is 1996—2021, with a special focus on 2014—2021. The study is based on the economic and statistical analysis of official data of Rosstat and the Federal Customs Service on the sectoral structure and dynamics of the gross regional product (GRP), volume and changes in foreign trade, and its commodity and geographical structure.
Introduction
We understand the Baltic regions of Russia as Russia’s ...
Cellular communication network of the fifth generation in the territory of the national park
There has been a rapid increase in the attendance of the Curonian Spit Park during last years. The number of customers in need of high-quality and stable cellular communications is increasing. This paper presents technical solutions for a fifth-generation cellular network organization on the territory of the national park. Calculations of the communication range ...
Poetics of the deconstruction of Reinhard Jirgl’s text: A translational perspective
This article explores Reinhard Jirgl’s concept of literary writing, which uses linguistic and textual deconstruction, alphanumeric encoding, and intra- and intertextual strategies. Semiotic and discursive analyses allow identifying lexical, syntactic, and semantic elements of the structural and functional performativity of Jirgl’s texts. His prose exploits the enormous poetic potential of the alphanumeric code, the aesthetics of narrative simultaneity and hypertextuality, and the fragmentedness...
Sustainable development of coastal regions: geographical and geopolitical factors and limitations
... Territorial Conditions: Development and Application, Balt. Reg., no. 3, p. 4—21. doi:
https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2014-3-1
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Baklanov, P. Ya. 2020, Geopolitical factors in regional development, Tamozhennaya politika Rossii na Dal’nem Vostoke [Customs policy of Russia in the Far East], no. 4, p. 75—83. doi:
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(in Russ.).
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honorifics, forms of address, gospoda, damy, speech etiquette, tovarishchi, revolution
Somin A. A., Gridneva E. M.
91-107
10.5922/2225-5346-2020-4-8
Clusters in the system of economic and innovation development of agriculture in the Rostov Region and the Krasnodar Region
... (including the "completion" of basic spheres in the agro-industrial complex and the actual cluster development formats). Today the innovative vectors of the complex development often lay along the large agricultural holdings, which also act as customers of R&D in the industry. The lack (despite the presence of formal strategies for regional and cluster development) of consensus on interaction in the industry and its development strategy was revealed. The cluster development component runs ...
Non-financial mechanisms for attracting and retaining customers in the banking sector
The paper considers the main mechanisms of non-financial attraction and customer retention in the banking sector. The following factors are analyzed: convenience of the bank application; speed and quality of solving customer problems; technological aspects of the bank; special client programs and privileges; the availability ...
On fate and/or providence in Pushkin’s short story ‘The blizzard’
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The current state and problems of fishing industry development in the coastal regions of the Russian Federation
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Lachininskii S. S., Shendrik A. V., Petukhova N. K.
maritime activities, coastal regions, Russia, fisheries, industry, maritime complex
5-20
Kaliningrad region: coastal position as a geographical factor of economic development
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normative relationships, ethics, Copernican revolution, system of customs, moral, law, features and formulae of moral relationships
Kalinnikov Leonard A.
40-50
Kant über die Eigenart der Moral und ihre Rolle im System der Sitten
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normative relationships, ethics, Copernican revolution, system of customs, moral, law, features and formulae of moral relationships.
Kalinnikov L. A.
61-73
10.5922/0207-6918-2009-2-6
The professional training of a police officer in current conditions
... professional training of police officers. The authors suggest the use of a systemic approach, which interprets training as a pedagogical processes aimed to contribute to the development of a police officer as a person and as a competent professional within the customer/client/student system.
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Some trends and features of investment activity in the Kaliningrad region
... 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 a new model for the sustainable development of regional economy.
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Mary Crawford Fraser and Alice Mabel Bacon on the Japanese society of the late 19th/early 20th century
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Geo-demographic typology of municipalities of the Kaliningrad region
... geo-demographic classification remains the primary methodology in the analysis of geodemographic situation. The cluster analysis is applied to study territorial differentiation of geo-demographic development of the Kaliningrad region.
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