A typology of the Baltic region states according to excellence in science and technology
... study of countries within this paradigm focuses on formal and informal institutions, consumption patterns, market structure, socio-economic, natural conditions, working conditions, and the education systems development [16]. Notably, researchers have employed this paradigm to demonstrate that globalization has failed to enable the participation of less developed countries in the global production sharing (GPS) network, which would have ostensibly facilitated their development [17], [18].
Within the ...
Satisfaction of Polish Bank Employees with Incentive Systems: An Empirical Approach
This article considers employee satisfaction with incentive systems. Strict requirements for the efficiency of human resource management (HRM) and internal public relations make it a major management problem. The importance of this study lies in the fact that incentives affect all stages of HRM. This work reports the results of an empirical survey of Polish bank employees, which was aimed to establish to what degree incentive systems met employees’ expectations, and to analyse the impact of such...
Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... household and small-scale farms remain comparatively low. This development trend is underpinned by a surge in labour productivity accompanied by a substantial reduction in the workforce. Consequently, rural residents are increasingly seeking alternative employment opportunities, either moving to urban areas or engaging in a different type of economic activities. Contrary to the situation in most regions of the Russian Federation, the rural population of the Kaliningrad region is growing. This growth ...
Economic development of Russia’s north-western regions and migration to the St. Petersburg agglomeration
... slowed down, and it became less efficient compared to the Leningrad region and the other five territories, which excelled in manufacturing, agriculture, and forestry. Despite migration to the St. Petersburg agglomeration and an associated increase in employment, the city did not gain a significant advantage over the other NWFD regions due to insufficient investment and hindrance in the development of new economic sectors. Migration to the St. Petersburg agglomeration primarily involved younger people ...
The effect of geographical position and employment fluctuations on rural settlement trends
... planning, are growing. This article draws on the concept of the geographical demographic situation; it uses official statistics on Russian regions and Kaliningrad municipalities and settlements to explore the connection between rural settlement trends and employment fluctuations caused by structural shifts in Russian regional economies. It is shown how settlement polarisation affects differences in settlement trends of meso- and microdistrict levels. Regions are identified that have a capacity for rural-urban ...
Models for countering the segregation of ethnoreligious immigrant areas in Denmark and Sweden
... the marginalization of ghetto residents.
At the same time, the Danish government’s systematic tightening of immigration policy contributed to positive dynamics in the labour market for non-Western migrants and their descendants and increased their employment rate by 10 %.<16> Another important aspect of the government’s strategy against ghettoization was the work with immigrant youth and children in the field of education. The strategy paid special attention to the language adaptation of ...
An employment contract with a remote employee
This article discusses certain conditions of an employment contract with a remote employee. The author’s perspective on the age of a remote employee is presented. The article addresses the issue of introducing obligatory conditions of an employment contract – the employee’s function, working ...
A new role of cooperation under economic sanctions as seen by residents of the Kaliningrad region
... 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 in the study is a survey of residents of the Kaliningrad region (N = 481), with its results strongly indicating that conditions for a renaissance of cooperative economic models have emerged in the Russian exclave. The region’s residents tend ...
The effect of Covid-19 on labour migration in the CIS
... dynamic processes and thus an elusive, albeit important, object of study. The governments of most CIS countries acted promptly and decisively in countering the pandemic. The comprehensive measures have had a serious impact on citizens’ mobility and employment situation. Among the affected are millions of migrants working in the CIS. This article offers a comparative analysis, followed by synthesis, of the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic as seen through the prism of employment and the situation ...
Employment in the Kaliningrad region in comparison with the nearest regions of Russia and with the average Russian level
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 ...
Developing an employee outflow predicting model
For many manufacturing enterprises and large companies which emply many people, there is a problem of staff turnover and, thus, unreliability. As a result, management can't effectively control the outflow of highly qualified personnel, which can result in reduced productivity. The author sees his task in addressing this issue through building a predictive model of the employee outflow. The research included reviewing a dataset of employee outflow, developing some machine learning algorithms and...
University performance and regional development: the case of Russia’s North-West
... socio-economic systems is pivotal. However, despite the overall trend of GRP growth, regions of Russia’s Northwestern Federal District underperform on education-related measures. These include the share of education in GRP, the percentage of individuals employed in the education sector and the number of universities and students. These trends pose a substantial challenge to regional development, especially in the context of the fourth industrial revolution and the rise of the knowledge economy. The lack ...
The modern economy of Russia’s Baltic regions in the municipal context
... 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 economies and their effect on employment, income levels of the population, and business activities. It is shown that over the ten years from 2012 to 2021, municipalities in the Kaliningrad region became more homogeneous in terms of the level of taxable income for individuals and individual ...
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... tends to interpret societal security as a version of the sustainable development concept [21]. They argue that economic growth is insufficient to expand people’s choice or capabilities; and that health, education, technology, the environment, and employment should not be neglected. At the same time, the lack of human security has adverse consequences on economic growth, and therefore development. Globalists underline that imbalanced development that involves horizontal inequalities is an important ...
The spread of the COVID-19 infection in Russia’s Baltic macro-region: internal differences
... Russia’s Baltic regions can be divided into three spaces: 1) St. Petersburg, the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions (dominated by spaces of flows; highly permeable space); 2) the Republic of Karelia and the Murmansk region (the key factors are rotational employment and the introduction of the virus from without); 3) the Novgorod and Pskov regions (lowly permeable spaces of places; the central role of local foci of the disease). The principal risk factor for the space of flows is the rapid spread of Covid-19 ...
Internet diffusion and interregional digital divide in Russia: trends, factors, and the influence of the pandemic
... access to the Internet, %.
2. Share of households with broadband connection, %.
3. Share of people who regularly use the Internet, %.
4. Share of people who ordered goods or services online, %
GDP per capita (+), high level of education (+), age (–/+), employment in services (+)
Factor analysis for dependent variables
Pick, Sarkar, Johnson, 2015 [36]
1. Share of households with a desktop computer or laptop, %.
2. Share of the total number of households with broadband Internet access, %.
3. Share of ...
The economy of Russian Baltic regions: development level and dynamics, structure and international trade partners
... high proportion of the regions’ territories involved in the economy.
Mechanical engineering — the production of metal products, machinery and equipment, instruments and vehicles — plays an essential role in all the study regions. Machine-building employs 6.4 % of the working population in St. Petersburg; 5 % in the Leningrad region; 3.9 % in the Kaliningrad region. The latter value is below the national average of 4.6 %. Nevertheless, Kaliningrad, like the other two study regions, outperforms ...
Economic and demographic distinctions between municipal districts of the Kaliningrad region
The economic and demographic situation in the Kaliningrad region is better than in most regions of the country. The dynamic economic development results in high employment and low unemployment rates. The demand for labour force is partially satisfied through high net migration rate. However, there are obvious distinctions between municipalities. Having analyzed the statistical data on the situation in urban ...
The Kaliningrad Region as a coastal border region of Russia
The article studies the sectoral structure of employment and the gross regional product, the similarities and differences of the region from other bordering coastal regions of Russia through the economic and statistical analysis of indicators of population dynamics. The benefits of the coastal and ...
The potential for expanding inter-cluster cooperation between the ship-building industries of Estonia, Finland, and North-West Russia
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Geopolitical regionalisation of the Baltic area: the essence and historical dynamics
The article discusses a theoretical framework for investigating regionalisation and geopolitical regionalisation, employing the activity-geospatial approach. The main theoretical foci of this study are system-forming, or region-building, socio-geo-adaptation and geopolitical relations. The article examines various types of transboundary and transnational geopolitical ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... products, and 15 % began to rebuild production (through modernization, repairs, etc.).
In 2023, Russian enterprises not only sustained their commitment to adaptation but also heightened their efforts, with a discernible increase in the frequency of employing active adaptation methods. In particular, in the spring of 2023, the share of enterprises that began modernizing their manufacturing process increased to 33 %. As a result, in the spring of 2023, 32 % of Russian enterprises came to the conclusion ...
Geography of the mobile internet in the border and interior regions of Russia
... Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
The Voronezh region
The Voronezh region
Note: Moscow and the Moscow Region, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Sevastopol and the Republic of Crimea are considered jointly.
Data source — Table 2.
The study has employed statistical and econometric analysis methods to evaluate how the presence of digital mobile infrastructure and internet usage by residents influence the socio-economic development of Russian regions, while also considering their economic and ...
The Swedish institute’s scholarship policy as a soft power instrument
... exploring new approaches in Russia.
To assess the relationship between soft power, nation branding, and education, it is essential to scrutinize the fundamental aspects of SI’s activities. This examination begins by studying the positioning principles employed by Sweden as a country offering educational services. Subsequently, an analysis of the SI scholarship policy strategy and practices is crucial. Moreover, it is essential to ascertain the balance between the educational trajectory pursued by the ...
Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... domains of life. The authors aim to define the concept of ‘entrepreneurial potential’ and elucidate the contribution of AI in augmenting the entrepreneurial potential among university students in the Baltic States. To achieve this goal, the authors employ a range of methods, including comparative analysis, analogy, generalization, classification, and structural-functional analysis, among others. These methodologies are integrated within an interdisciplinary framework, enabling a comprehensive investigation ...
International heritage in the memorial landscape of the Kaliningrad region
... empirical data on the origin, time of construction and purpose of the monuments, memorials and other places of commemoration. Theoretically, it draws on the concepts of cultural memory and sites of memory. The idiographic and historiographic methods were employed along with general scientific methods. At the core of the region’s international memorial landscape structure are sites commemorating the German past of the area or linked to Lithuanian and, less frequently, Polish national cultures. The structure ...
Expansionism in Poland’s strategic culture: historical retrospective and variations
... extend its influence over the latter and foist its view of the world on the region [3], [4]. Poland has obviously espoused some degree of strategic expansionism, and the question, as often is the case, is in the detail.
It is generally advisable to employ the concept of strategic culture in one’s analysis when measuring the degree of expansionism. From the 1970s, strategic culture was understood as a certain degree of subjectivity in reacting to external factors. In most cases, this concerned ...
Efficiency analysis of seaports in Russia’s Baltic basin: performance evaluation
... efficient and high-quality cargo handling. For example, the Big Port of Saint Petersburg is served by several railway stations, such as Novy Port and Avtovo. On the other hand, ports are of key importance both for regional economic growth and for employment indicators of the region’s population. For instance, it is planned that by 2030, the Ust-Luga seaport will create 17,200 jobs, indicating a range of socially significant initiatives beyond solving economic and logistics tasks.
The concept ...
Population change and the settlement system transformation in Poland, as revealed by the 2021 census
This article aims to analyse current geodemographic changes in Poland, based on the data of the 2021 National Population and Housing Census. Methods, traditional for socioeconomic geography, such as zoning, were employed. Poland’s population decreased during the inter-census period (2011—2021), with the urban population declining faster than its rural counterpart. The large voivodeships aligned along the Vistula ‘axis’ — Mazowiecka, Lesser Poland ...
Comparative analysis of the territorial support frame of settlement in coastal areas: the case of St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad regions
... Leningrad (today, St. Petersburg) and Kaliningrad followed this model as well. The strength of this approach is that it linked the process of agglomeration as linked to globalisation and the development of international trade. These approaches were employed by Paul Krugman [10]. Yet, his new economic geography, which won him a Nobel Prize, has at its core economic effects produced without continuous extensive spatial growth.
The tenets of new economic geography may be considered the theoretical ...
Territorial structure of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baltic States
... proportion is also significant, albeit below the global average: 7.7 % and 6.0 % respectively. Moreover, tourism, one of the most labour-intensive sectors of the economy, creates new jobs. Estonia’s tourism industry is the largest contributor to national employment (11.7 %). In Latvia and Lithuania, the share of those employed in tourism was 8.3 % and 4.8 % respectively.
A comprehensive indicator for comparing tourism development at a national level is the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report. In ...
Reputation core of Russian authorities: the case of the regional level of executive power
... with an emphasis on the interdependence of social and political institutions [9]. In the context of this research, the concept of institutional logic is of primary importance. Specifically, the linguistic-semiotic variant of institutional logic is employed [10, p. 127], which refers to a system of cultural elements, such as values, beliefs, and expectations, that shape the direction of daily activities and allow us to comprehend, evaluate, and organize daily activities in time and space [11, p....
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
... University (Latvia) in 2020—2021. The study aimed to identify the reasons for the disparity in the development of small towns in Latvia. A comprehensive approach was taken to integrate the results of territorial, spatial and socio-economic analyses. By employing the methodology of indexing and ranking large-scale empirical data characterising the development of all small towns in Latvia, the authors attempt to identify the reasons for the disparity in the development rate of small towns in Latvia. The ...
Refugees from Syria and Iraq in Sweden: resettlement during the migration crisis
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Immigration policy and integration of migrants in the Kingdom of Denmark at the beginning of the XXI century
... background (mainly from Muslim countries). The government takes systematic measures to restrict their access to the country. As to migrant integration, the focus has shifted to ‘hard’ assimilation of civiс democratic values, benefits linked to employment, and deportation of migrants who have committed crimes.
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Migration from Post-Soviet countries to Poland and the Baltic States: trends and features
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The coasts we live in: can there be a single definition for a coastal zone?
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Impact of remigration on the worksphere under Covid-19: the case of Lithuania
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Some Aspects of Economic Security of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region under Conditions of Geo-Economic Uncertaint
... study is the economic and technological sustainability of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad Region given geo-economic risks and growing challenges to economic security. To evaluate the economic security of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, I employ some of the parameters proposed in the Strategy for the Economic Security of the Russian Federation until 2030. I also use other parameters pertinent to the evaluation of the state of an economy amid geoeconomic uncertainty, in this case, in the ...
The Functional and the Instrumental in Market Definition: a Laboratory for Natural Experiments in the Baltics
... price mechanism. Williamson’s heuristic models suggest that if an activity is characterized by high specificity, uncertainty, and frequency, the very organisation of this activity precludes transaction cost minimisation through the price mechanism employed either in full or in part (hybrid institutional agreements). This can be explained by excessive risks and ensuing high transaction costs. A more efficient solution is the organisation of interactions within a group of legal entities in control ...
On the employment status of Andrei Bolotov in Königsberg
This article deals with Andrey Bolotov’s official employment status during his time in Königsberg (April 1758 — March 1762). The work considers the historiographic tradition originating from Bolotov’s memoirs, the Königsberg pages of which were written more than 30 years after the events described....
The functional determination of speech aspects of a document
This article examines speech aspects of a strategic planning document — the Development Concept — and identifies factors determining its specifics. The text of the Concept is analysed using the communicative-genre approach, often employed in recent research works. This approach produces an integrated picture that takes into account parameters affected by both linguistic and extralinguistic factors. The article describes speech representations of the key genre elements. These are ...
The Baltics on Their Way towards a Circular Economy
... energy. Many businesses regard circular economy as a way to enhance economic growth and increase profits. Governments across the world actively engage in the discussion about the benefits of a transition to a circular economy and about its impact on employment, economic growth, and the environment. This paper aims to study the major issues of circular economy, to identify its advantages, and to offer an insight into the transition stage the Baltic States are undergoing today on their way to circular ...
Cooperation between a university and employers as a condi-tion for high-quality training of specialists in physical education and sports
... successful implementation of and demand for the professional knowledge obtained. The region’s geopolitical position makes it necessary to provide university graduates with competitive competences. Therefore, active cooperation between a university and employers makes it possible to modernise the process of training specialists in physical education and sports
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A methodology for analysing an organisation’s innovation potential
This article is devoted to the urgent issue of analyzing the innovative potential of an organisation’s employees. The study aims to develop a methodology for identifying the potential at the level of enterprises. The author presents an original method for assessing the innovative potential of an organisation’s employees and a mechanism of its identification. The most significant factors affecting the innovation potential of personnel are as follows: the availability of resources for innovation...
The relations for potentials of filtration flows in media with common boundary and there employing for founded solutions some problems
The structure of filtration flows in two-dimensional laying media is studied. The definition of positive and negative flows is giving. The relations for complex potentials in media with common boundary are receiving. There are employing for founded solutions some problems.
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Self-employment of Russian population in the second half of the 1980s: the case of the Black Earth Region
This article analyses the process of development of Russian population’s business activities during the early Perestroika period. The case of Central Black Earth regions helps examine the outcomes and complications associated with the establishment and functioning of cooperatives producing consumer goods and providing personal services.
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An employee as a perpetrator of crimes related to the abuse of office
This article analyses the court practice and the positions of experts on the detection of persons using their official position for criminal purposes. The author comes to the conclusion that the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation should clarify the content of the notion of the use of official position.
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Improving Human Resource Training Policy for the Balanced Economic and Demographic Development of the Kaliningrad Region
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