Vol. 1 No. 4 (2018)

The article deals with the priorities of business structures in the development of the digital economy. The authors concluded that business entities need to develop new activities and adapt to digital innovation. In this regard, the state should develop support measures aimed at the development of businesses that actively implement digital technologies. The tools of state regulation of the digital economy proposed in this study make it possible to intensify the processes of economic capacity-building of business structures for the implementation of the technological breakthrough. Subsequently, they will be transformed into a set of recommendations for practice and public authorities, which will allow them to change some laws in the field of digital technology support and innovation, as well as to adjust the direction of the strategic development of economic institutions.

In the presented article the authors analyzed the process of development of new tools of personnel technologies in the provision of public and municipal services. The need for the development of such instrumentation due to the lack of a unified approach in the assessment of the level of professionalism of employees of the multifunctional centers and the significance of the problem of conservation of human resources. Application of the developed methodology will allow to gradually and gently improve the system of public and municipal services through verified mechanisms for assessing the personnel potential of employees of multifunctional centers.

The article reveals the role of infiltration of universities in the business environment of the region in achieving the strategic goal of innovative renewal of the economy. The selection of effective forms and tools through which the effective integration of universities and businesses in foreign practice is carried out. The necessary measures to ensure its development in the Russian regions are substantiated. The weak points of the modern Russian practice of infiltration of universities into the business environment and the main limitations to the development of this process identified effective forms and tools that distinguish foreign experience in the integration of universities and businesses; justified measures to ensure its development in the regions of Russia.

In the article the results of expert discussion of problems of public management, sphere of service, tourism, hospitality in the context of Knowledge Economy. Results of research labor of Russian and foreign higher school employees were presented at international conferences, caused discussion. Publications in journals and conference materials included into international bases of citation would allow to disseminate research views and continue the investigation at a new level.

This article attempts to analyze the administrative and social risks that have arisen as a result of the introduction of the Institute of city management. As a result of the study, the authors came to the conclusion that the main risks should be considered 1) fear of being disloyal to the Federal government, 2) the conflict between the administration and the representative body of local self-government, 3) the growth of corruption practices due to the loss of transparency of the process of assuming the office of the head of the municipality and 4) the inability to carry out strategic planning.

A state policy can only be effective if the goals and values of society and the state coincide. Compatibility of the vision of the population and the heads of state and local authorities of the socio-economic development of the region plays an important role in the adoption or rejection of the reforms proposed to society by the state. These reforms should be implemented through mutually agreed actions of state authorities of the region and local governments with the active support of the population, on which their effectiveness largely depends.

The necessity of creation and implementation of the policy of efficient economic security is actualized nowadays heavily. Its’ basis should be formed by strict determination of the category “economic security” because its essence determines the principles of the policy of economic security provision. In the article the dialectics of development of the category “economic security” is traced and it is shown that its’ full essence is embodied in triad of categories: threats challenges security. As an example the case of regional economic security system of Rostov region is investigated.

The article presents the elements of benchmarking in the transport and logistics sphere, reflecting the potential of the logistics activities of future periods based on the use of this toolkit. Reflected the functions of benchmarking, as the basis for borrowing external experience in the internal environment of Russian enterprises.

The article substantiates the need to study the issues of intellectual security. The authors classify the most likely security threats in the intellectual sphere and identify threats to Russia's intellectual security. The study of science-based principles of building an intellectual security system allowed us to formulate the key components of this system and suggest ways to neutralize threats to intellectual security.

A comparative analysis of a new generation of practices involving citizens in addressing issues of public infrastructures is being made: an Active citizen of Moscow, a local initiatives supporting program of the World Bank, Budget Commissions of citizens of the European University St. Petersburg and participatory design actively used in modern urban studies. The basis for comparison is 1) a direct or representative model of democracy, and 2) whether decisions are made on the direction of budgetary expenditures by citizens or authorities.

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possibility of short run dynamics among sectorial stock markets of the Moscow Exchange (MOEX). “Causality” tests provide a statistical framework of testing the extent of possible links among equity indices. In addition, we examine the degree of autocorrelation of the indices in order to examine the speed of adjustment to news. Our results indicated that the degree of autocorrelation is close to zero giving support that the Moscow Exchange is an efficient market in the weak form. The results of the Granger “causalities” indicated that there are no “causalities” between the examined indices supporting again the view that the Moscow Exchange is an efficient market.

The article analyzes the theoretical approaches to the nature of the tax potential and methods for its assessment, taking into account various factors, with the subsequent identification of the advantages and disadvantages of their practical use. Based on the study, the paper presents the author’s formulation of the definition of “tax potential” and also shows an assessment of the tax potential of Russia for the period 2014-2016, indicating a low level of realization of the tax capabilities of the Russian Federation for the period under review.

The article analyzes the evolution and features of the modern stage of development of the social responsibility of entrepreneurship abroad, as well as the role of the state in this process, reveals the specifics of the social responsibility of Russian entrepreneurship. The most important reasons for the insufficient development of the social responsibility of modern domestic entrepreneurship are identified. The possibility and necessity of changing the situation through increasing the efficiency of state regulation of the development of entrepreneurship, developing public-private partnerships, activating public associations, and developing social partnership relations are substantiated.

The idea about need of formation of loyalty of the consumer at subjects of the Russian tourist market for the purpose of receiving effective profit on purchase of a tourist product is proved in this article. The attention to need of creation of separate policy of advance of uniform brands and complex products through formation of loyalty of clients is focused. Activity of such leading airlines, hotels and tour operators as «Aeroflot», «S7 Airlines», «UTair» are analyzed various the loyalty program in the tourist industry, in particular; «Аmax», «President-Hotel»; «Tez Tour». The conclusion that the technology of formation of the loyalty program has to be considered by the companies as the investment bringing to the organization income due to growth of repeated purchases of loyal consumers is drawn.

This article discusses issues related to the prospects of digital information technologies in customs, which are designed to provide not only the simplicity of customs clearance for traders, but also the effectiveness of customs control by the state apparatus.

The article is devoted to the issues of increasing the competitiveness of the regional economy on the basis of the formation and development of tourist and recreational clusters. The author considers tourism and recreational clusters as a global phenomenon of the present time. The relevance of the cluster approach in the development of the tourism sector is shown. The basic principles of formation and functioning of tourist clusters are considered. The complex internal structure with a set of economic agents inherent in clusters is considered. On the basis of the regional analysis new technologies of management of the enterprises of competitive tourist and recreational clusters are revealed. Theoretical provisions are illustrated by examples from international practice.

The article examines the assessment of the real scale of shadow activity. The author suggests an approach to determining the scale of the shadow economy, which is based on the relationship between the growth rates of nominal GDP and the amount of cash in the money supply. The formed multidimensional regression model is rather close to the data obtained empirically and can be used to determine the shadow factor of the Russian economy as a whole and the Rostov region in particular, based on the corresponding data in individual industries.

The article presents the monitoring of the structure of revenues of the consolidated budget, including in the context of federal districts of the Russian Federation. On this basis, the main reasons preventing the increase in tax revenues to the budget were identified. The study allowed us to formulate the main directions that contribute to the increase and effective use of the tax potential of the country.

The economic development of modern society is associated with the rapid development of innovative technologies and technologies of artificial intelligence, the search for new alternative ways of energy, the formation of new technological and energy markets in the national and global economic systems. The objectivity of the global technological growth processes predetermines the need to form a sustainable potential for national economic development that ensures systemic efficiency in the long term. The article analyzes the main determinants of national economic development in the context of global technological growth. The authors explore three components of national economic development that ensure world leadership in the global system: the development of innovative and technological potential, the optimization of the use of energy-efficient potential, the intensification of creative and educational potential.

The article analyses and systematizes the most effective measures of improving the stability and efficiency of the energy sector based on the identification of typical energy sector development challenges in the developing regions of the world. An analysis of the experiences of global leading countries in finding solutions for achieving energy security is made, and the most effective measures aimed at improving the stability and efficiency of the energy sector are identified and systematized for each country. A determination is made, that the effectiveness of regulatory measures in achieving energy security, largely depends on the coordination of the actions of the state and the private sector, and the complexity of institutional, socio-economic, policy, technical, technological and infrastructure factors. Universal and local measures of increasing energy security are identified

In the article the authors present the results of a study of the possibilities of solving the issues of diversification in the regional economy of the industry on the basis of Bioeconomy, in particular through the development in the regions rich in forests industry for the production of solid biofuel. The authors monitor the data of the current state of solid biofuel sales in Russia and in the world, as well as give recommendations on what will the introduction of the production of this product for the regions of the country, in addition to direct financial profit.

One of the imperatives of creating a competitive high-tech economy, providing a high level of development of individual and social reproduction with stable employment, traditionally acts small and medium-sized businesses. It is small and medium-sized businesses that currently act as a driver of innovative development, improving the sectoral structure of the economy, as well as ensuring a high level and quality of life of the population. According to official data in Russia in 2017 the number of SMEs, including individual entrepreneurs, increased by 2.7%. However, doing business is always fraught with a number of difficulties, and this is especially true of financing issues. Currently, the improvement, institutional modernization of the financial mechanism of SME development on the basis of the balance of interests of business, the population, the state.

The socio-economic development of the territory is determined by many parameters, both economic and social. The article describes approaches to the concepts of “quality of the population” and “quality of life”, suggests various methods for calculating indicators characterizing the quality of the population, the integration of which allows showing the degree of their influence on the socio-economic development of a territory.

The article presents the results of the analysis of the causes of occurrence and ways to counter mis-selling as the main form of unfair sales of financial products in Russia. Based on the analysis, the authors formulated recommendations for the regulator that can counteract the practice of mis-selling in Russia.

The article is devoted to the study of factors of subjective well-being (SWB) of scientific and pedagogical workers. The study presents a review of theoretical approaches in SWB studies, describes the methodology and presents an analysis of the research phase of the study: reflection, the results of observation and the opinions of participants in focus groups of scientific and pedagogical workers. The authors of the article present their own interpretation of a set of factors of subjective well-being, including factors related to the professional activities of scientific and pedagogical workers, factors that keep and push out of this professional sphere.

This article deals with the problem of development and production of wheat in Russia from 2010 to 2016.based on the analysis of the structure of acreage, dynamics of yield and gross harvest of wheat, the forecast of development of production volumes in Russia is calculated, based on the actual growth rates of the crop. The relevance of the topic is due to the fact that currently there are problems preventing the economic efficiency of the grain industry such as low rates of modernization, financial instability and others. The purpose of the study is to identify the possibility of growth of wheat and predict until 2025 the volume of grain production, to meet the needs of the population in all regions.

The article analyzes the consequences of Emperor Nicholas II's decision to become the Supreme commander of the Russian army in the summer of 1915. The long stay of the king in the Rate led to partial disorganization of the country's management system, created the preconditions for a weak understanding of the processes taking place in the society by the head of state. Ths resulted in inadequate and belated actions of the Emperor on the eve and in the days of the February revolution, which naturally led to the collapse of the monarchy.

Currently China is one of the main players on the international arena, from the foreign policy of which largely depends the alignment of political forces in the world. Modern societies are characterized by socio-political reflection, and the analysis of discourse is one of the tools for studying it. One should take socio-political reflection into consideration while researching different processes, which take place in modern society. The speech of the Secretaries General of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is one of the most important events in the political life of China, which is monitored both domestically and abroad. The aim of the work is to study the evolution of the foreign policy vector of China from 1997 to the present time by analyzing the discourse of the speeches of the country's leaders at the XV-XIX congresses of the CCP.

The article considers the main vectors of the state policy changes in conditions of personnel changes in modern Russia. The conditions for ensuring high professional training of civil servants are described; proposals are formulated to improve personnel work, and modernize the technology of personnel work. The article examines the main vectors of the state policy changes in the conditions of personnel changes in modern Russia. The conditions for ensuring high professional training of civil servants are described; proposals are formulated to improve personnel work, and modernize the technology of personnel work.

The article discusses the concept and structure of the high school's creatosphere, clarifies its role in the development of creative and innovative potential, creativity and innovative thinking of future leaders. Based on the analysis of the results of the handout survey conducted among the students specialized in public administration and human resource management the main approaches and factors of developing creatosphere for professional training of future managers in high school are determined.

Due to the high mortality rate from noncommunicable diseases in Russia and in the world, the issue of spreading healthy lifestyle attitudes becomes a priority for the population. At the same time, in the process of developing awareness about the principles of a healthy lifestyle, the fundamental role is played by a health professional, who, on the one hand, acts as a source of professional competence but, on the other hand, as a person in contact with patients. Based on a review of foreign and national literature and conducted sociological research, the authors highlighted the problems health workers face in their professional activities concerning healthy lifestyle promotion: 1) work organization, 2) knowledge and information, 3) motivation of health professionals, 4) motivation of patients. Furthermore possible solutions to these problems are provided.

The article is devoted to the sociological analysis of the problem of a formation of social health of the Russian youth of military age. Social health of youth is considered to be a factor of national security and defense of the state, which requires an essential increase of social potential of the youth as the basic strategic resource of the society, because it determines the degree of its readiness for military service. The institutional risks in the field of national and military security are highlighted: lack of a clear strategy of youth policy in the field of social health, contributing to the solution of problems of personal self-determination and identity formation of young people; reduction in age limit of early nicotinism, alcoholism, drug addiction and substance abuse; early commercialization of the youth, determining the rate of violations in its social and moral development; personal and moral immaturity; inadequate coping strategies of the young people in the situation of social exclusion, deprivation. These risks have an impact on the formation of youth readiness for military service in the Armed Forces of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.

In article with attraction of empirical material, it is shown that the social normativity as the indicator of a regulatory component of psychological reliability finds the reflection in career orientations, career readiness and also professional tasks which solution is preferable to personal and professional development of the employee. Differences in expressiveness of indicators of career orientations, career readiness and professional tasks between group of standard and substandard civil servants are established. Personnel risks of standard and substandard employees are shown. The obtained data are offered to be used, within planning and management of career of the civil servants with the different level of social normativity and also for creation of individual plans of their professional development.

The article is devoted to the problem of constructive dialogue in modern conditions. The main factors, providing the productivity of dialogue pursuing, are surveyed. The necessity of respectful attitude of the opponents to each other, their striving to establishing contact and mutual understanding are emphasized. Special attention is paid to the issues of persuasive influence process of business communication.

The article on the materials of the South of Russia attempts to identify the relevance of the Soviet experience in management practices of today. Based on the results of sociological research, the authors conclude that the practices of the Soviet model of governance based on paternalism, state control over the economy and collectivism are in demand by the population, and the mass consciousness is still rooted in the view that the welfare of the citizen is the duty of the state. This is one of possible explanations of the fact that the administrative practices in the context of the Russian modernization connected with creation of conditions for development of a personal initiative and independent increase in the standard of living often do not find broad support among the population.

At present, the application of project management in the work of public authorities has become relevant. The subject of this research is the problems of the project implementation stages by regional authorities. The purpose of research analysis and development of recommendations for improving project activities of bodies of state power of subjects of the Federation. The following methods were used: analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction, generalization. The article considers the stages of the project implementation by regional authorities. The problems that take place at each stage are highlighted. This-project management is not used as a tool to achieve strategic goals, project costs are often not optimized and depend on budget allocations, and not on the timing of the project or its relevance, the problem of interdepartmental interaction during the project, lack of qualified personnel for the implementation of projects, insufficient motivation of employees to participate in project activities, etc.. The article proposes measures to address these problems: improvement of legislation in the field of: interdepartmental cooperation, determining the budget and increasing responsibility for its expenditure; stimulation of employees with additional payments, etc.

The article is devoted to the study of inertia in the socio-economic collective representations of the population of the South of Russia. Based on the applied sociological research conducted in the summer of 2018 by the scientific collective of the South Russian branch of the Russian ACADEMY of Sciences, the analysis of the main blocks of collective attitudes of the population of the analyzed region regarding the socio-economic sphere of society and the model of interaction between the state and individuals. In the article the authors come to the conclusion that today there is a high level of inertia in the socio-economic collective perceptions of the inhabitants of the South of Russia, with respect to the share of state participation in ensuring the socio-economic well-being of individuals, due to the past Soviet experience, which had a strong impact on the ideological system of values of the population.

The article deals with the problem of the development of civilian capacity to regulate inter-ethnic relations in modern Russia. Programs, national policy documents and statements by state leaders declare the goal of increasing the participation of civil society institutions in the implementation of national policy objectives and activities. However, real social practices indicate a low level of subjectivity of civil institutions in the implementation of programs for the harmonization of inter-ethnic relations, the absence of an equal dialogue between government bodies and public associations. Overcoming such a problem is possible on the basis of measures proposed by the authors of the article and will allow neutralizing the current risks of the dynamics of intercultural communication in Russia and in the Rostov region.

The article is devoted to the analysis of research practices, which address the issues of interreligious interactions in the multicultural society of the South of Russia. The authors note the interdisciplinary nature of studies of interreligious interactions in modern scientific discourse. The article reveals the specifics of interreligious interactions in regional communities in the South of Russia, which is due to both the peculiarities of the socio-cultural space of the region and the mental programs of religious actors.

The article analyzes the current situation around the fundamental trends of Islam. The modern world, including Russia, Turkey and European countries, is facing problems of growing Islamic radicalism. The article reflects the main reasons for the radicalization of young Muslims. Special attention is paid to the spread of radical movements in prisons. The article also reflects the reasons for the spread of Islamic fundamentalism and its current situation in Russia and Turkey.

Dagestan is an ethnocultural region with a fairly stable system of traditions, the reproduction of which occurs through family channels of socialization, but at the same time it is included in the globalization processes, and therefore it seems important to consider the problem of forming a family culture of the Dagestan youth. The subject of sociological comprehension is the family culture of youth, without which it is difficult to imagine the development of a prosperous family in society, in the presence of negative phenomena such as the growth of devorces in young families, families, family violence, single-parent families, the decline of moral values.

The article examines values and symbols, their importance in the reproduction of the ethnic identity of Mountain Jews, as well as the reflection of their expression on the state of their ethnic well-being. Empirical research has shown that the national (native) language, cultural and historical heritage, national traditions and customs, religion, historical monuments and national holidays are significant values of the ethnic identity of Mountain Jews. At the same time, their hierarchy is formed depending on both the position and significance of values in the mass consciousness of a particular ethnic community, and the attitude of surrounding ethnic groups.

According to the results of the empirical study, it is established that positive auto-stereotypes dominate in the mass consciousness of Mountain Jews. There are significantly less negative qualities among Mountain Jews. The formation of positive autostereotypes of Mountain Jews was significantly influenced by the domination of ethnic identity in the mass consciousness by the «norm» type, which presupposes respectful and tolerant attitude towards the bearers of foreign ethnic culture and religion.

The article deals with the domestic system of personnel motivation in the conditions of Western economic sanctions, which led to significant changes in the labor market. The increase in the cost of production of goods and services leads to a deterioration in the financial stability of the enterprise, its financial condition, which entails a decrease in the motivation of production activities. The author proposes a number of measures aimed at increasing the motivation of employees in the conditions of modern economic changes.

The article deals with Russian energy system performance at the last third of XIX and throughout XX centuries in two aspects: in the context of governmental regulation and foreign involvement. The research aimed on Oil and Gas industry mainly. The issue of Russian government and foreign companies’ relationship evaluation is in the spotlight. Moreover, there was undertaken an attempt to find out the factors that encouraged marginalization of the industry and vice versa its development in a context of foreign business and state bodies interactions. The article gives a positive correlation between the scale of foreign participation, dimension of governmental regulations and economic state in a current moment.

Social management as a concept appeared not so long ago-at the end of the XX century as a way to manage teams within large organizations focused on the social sphere. Social management, according to the author, is the reconstruction of social benefits for the social needs of a certain society (collective) within the organization. Like any management system, social management must first and foremost be based on the laws, principles, rules and norms of governance in order to be effective and efficient. This fact led to the relevance of the study and served as a search for solutions to such scientific problems as the generalization of the principles and functions of social management in theory and practice.

This article presents a review of dissertation research on such an urgent problem as social inequality. Various aspects of this problem are investigated. It emphasizes the importance of the problem of social inequality for Russian society, which is due to the polarization of its population and the lack of government mechanisms for regulating equitable access to social resources. The greatest importance is given to education as a factor of vertical social mobility. However, according to the author, there is no comprehensive study of the adaptation of students to social inequality, the assessment of the sociocultural sphere of educational organizations, designed to facilitate the successful integration of young people into the social space of Russian community.

This article presents an analysis of the current changes in the administration system of the value added tax on the part of the authorities and management. The mechanism of accrual, accounting, payment and control of these processes, which ensure the creation of a transparent tax environment in economic sectors.

In modern conditions, corruption is one of the most dangerous phenomena in institutional terms, which negatively affects the development of all social relations, and is one of the most destructive factors of a systemic nature, significantly complicating the economic and socio-political development of society, ensuring the priority of private interests in the management of complex social processes and undermining public confidence in the government. The sociological approach to understanding the essence of corruption allows expanding the horizons of its scientific study and moving from the analysis of certain criminal aspects to the study of corruption as a socially dangerous and large-scale phenomenon.

The Article is devoted to the theoretical development of the concept of public-political management. Public administration is considered as a hierarchical system, which includes two main components: public-political management and public-administrative management. Public-political management is the level of adoption of generally important state political decisions, and public-administrative management is the level of implementation of such decisions through the adoption of administrative acts in pursuance of political. These spheres are closely connected in interaction and mutual influence.

Based on the results of quantitative and qualitative sociological research in Moscow and Rostov-on-Don, the article explores the role of a career in the formation of the professional identity of doctors in Russian megacities. The author concludes that most doctors do not consider the profession as a potential channel of social mobility and a successful investment in socio-economic status. Doctors in Russian megacities feel competitive in the labor market, but do not strive for career growth. This fact is due to the peculiarities of the staffing of health care institutions, high material and time costs for obtaining qualification categories with a small amount of material allowance. At the same time, doctors note the importance of professional growth associated with the deepening of knowledge on specialization, skills development, the application of new methods and technologies in practice, which is a creative factor in the formation of professional identity.