DOI: 10.33917/es-8.166.2019.76-82

Analyzing development of the global industry for servicing agricultural production and formation of international value chains around it, the article substantiates the thesis on formation of exploitation relations within the chains. To this end, the most important innovations in the field of biotechnology, development of their patent-licensed protection system and structural regrouping of the most important companies — players in the global agrochemical market are examined in interrelation with one another over a period of the last forty years. On this basis, formation of oligopolistic structure of international companies, controlling the key links of the chain, which are infrastructural in relation to the others, is shown. Combined with the synergistic effect of the batch sale of technologically heterogeneous goods and services, this creates conditions for monopolistic exploitation of agricultural producers. The latter do not have access to alternative sources of similar goods and services that are competitive in comparison with the “packages” offered by oligopolists. As a result, for each unit of invested capital, the income of the latter is greater than that of agricultural producers, that is, within the chain the income is redistributed in their favour, including funds from end-consumers. The given monopoly is bilateral in nature, as technology companies also transfer part of their income to market leaders, who buy these technologies, for the right of access to their marketing opportunities.

DOI: 10.33917/es-8.166.2019.83-93

One of the most pressing social problems in Russia continues to be providing needy Russians with decent housing. The lack of possibilities for the population to satisfy their housing needs impedes the full development of an individual, reduces demographic activity, which ultimately causes a slowdown in economic growth. It is possible and it is necessary to counteract the growing negative trend by improving the housing policy, putting in its the basis joint efforts of the state, science and business by actively introducing modern organizational forms and management tools. National project “Housing and Urban Environment” can become a systemic solution to accumulated problems. Its implementation requires developing a modern concept of housing construction, complemented by advantages, means and professionalism of the state and corporate management systems based on partnership relations, legislated as publicprivate partnerships

DOI: 10.33917/es-8.166.2019.94-101

The article deals with issues related to the concept of “strategizing” — the evolution of ideas about strategizing (classical, non-classical, post-non-classical and post-classical approaches). A new understanding of the concept of problem-solving strategies is presented from the point of view of the concept of socionavigation, as a process of maneuvering using attribute design: management/regulation of intensity, direction (balance) and complexity of the discourse of a single creative field (EKP) with regard to the level of disequilibrium (K-level) system/environment, allowing to increase the efficiency of teamwork. A new construction of the notion “problem situation” is proposed as a non-zero conjunction of the actors’ ideas about the problem/ problems underlying the problem situation, their (actors) problem states and systems of key goals and values that form the problem-target area (PTA)

DOI: 10.33917/es-8.166.2019.102-109

Realization of the national interests of the Russian Federation in the sphere of digital economy, as defined in Decree No. 203 of the President of the Russian Federation of May 9, 2017 “On the Strategy for Development of the Information Society in the Russian Federation for 2017–2030”, is possible through digital encoding of economic performance data and using results of their analysis, which, compared to traditional forms of management, should significantly increase the efficiency of various types of production. This article discusses the encoding principles of various indicators of economic activity and the main mechanism of their relatedness for reflecting data in the new created forms: a digital unified plan and a digital analytical balance. The article presents technology of forming a “digital contract” and “digital documents-bases” for creating an innovative mechanism for automatic reflection of accounting entries in the standard accounting registers and digital management balance

Famous criminologist Vladimir Semenovich Ovchinsky, who formerly headed the Russian bureau of Interpol and is now an adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, in an interview with special correspondent of the ES journal Alina Yakim shared with his readers his vision of the development of criminology in Russia, elaborating on artificial intelligence and digital crime inflicting
the biggest harm to society

DOI: 10.33917/es-8.166.2019.116-123

One of the key issues that arises when forming criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of decisions on the ratio of shadow prices and product costs, criteria for weapon effectiveness and optimum weapon quality are seemingly self-evident, they are widely used in practice. But are they always valid and effective? In fact, not so simple. Obvious criteria like this often turn out to be not quite correct, or, sometimes, completely wrong. The article will consider this issue in more detail

DOI: 10.33917/es-8.166.2019.124-133

The article reveals the essence and forms of market mechanism flaws and failures of public administration. Their interaction in market system and influence on the development of the market economy is shown. The cordusion is: public administration should be based on spontaneous market mechanism, soften its’ flaws and prevent (or efficiently fix) the failures of its performance

DOI: 10.33917/es-8.166.2019.134-139

What approach is better to put into practice for evaluating strategies of socio-economic development of cities and regions of the Russian Federation? What are peculiar features of existing approaches? To answer these questions, the author examines strategies evaluating methods proposed in the works by B.S. Zhikharevich, I.N. Ilyina and E.E. Plisetsky, V.V. Klimanov and K.V. Budaeva, P.V. Pogrebnyakov, V.N. Knyaginin, I.A. Nikolaev and O.S. Tochilkina, V.E. Seliverstov. These approaches were divided into four groups depending on the purpose of assessment. It was revealed that considered approaches cover the full life cycle of a strategic document — from setting the task on its development to evaluating the final strategy “from outside”. Many approaches include the image of a sample strategy, with which a strategic document is compared to assess its quality, but at the same time, ideas about high-quality, “ideal” strategy in different works differ significantly. In conclusion, practical recommendations for choosing a methodology for evaluating a strategy are given

DOI: 10.33917/es-8.166.2019.140-145

The article discusses methodological support of the crisis recovery process through implementing technological transformations, characterized by frugality during the process realization. In particular, the paper consequentially sustantiates the need to focus on production and technological issues and employees motivation, determines limitations of the Kurt Levin transformation methodology for socio-economic systems and identifies conceptual provisions of crisis management based on innovations of S.V. Valdaytsev. These provisions form the basis of the four stages of the “price-conscious transformation” methodology: stabilization, localization, reorganization and adaptation. The paper provides a comparative analysis of the proposed methodology with Michael Porter’s classical value chain model and describes approaches to implementing organizational project of transformations based on technological innovations as “crisis management practices” that take into account not only the interests of creditors and owners, but also the need to strengthen economic security of the Russian state

DOI: 10.33917/es-8.166.2019.146-150

The present paper aims at forming approaches to providing effectiveness of human resources development in research and development sphere. The author raises the problem of studying new opportunities in organizing personnel training, identified by the “Science” national project. The article examines methodological aspects of ensuring the compliance of the workers’ professional competencies with technologies level of the new order, as well as conformity of characteristics of their interpersonal interaction with the systemic requirements for adaptability of production management in the context of technological development acceleration