Target Centralized Architectures — a Jump in Time for Russia

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Target Centralized Architectures — a Jump in Time for Russia

Creation and management of an integral functional architecture — a prerequisite of a sustainable system of state governance, its controlled development and logic. Transformation of cross-border processes, transition from the current state to the advanced forms of governance are required.

Game Theory and Real Options in the Investment Policy of Enterprises

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Game Theory and Real Options in the Investment Policy of Enterprises

The possibility of joint implementation of real options theory and game theory as applied to the subjects of the national economy modernizes the system of strategic management. Scenario analysis of competitive enterprises in framework of the market structure of “oligopoly” is presented. The mathematical apparatus of game theory allowing to use competitive enterprise management component as a strategic driver is explained. An example is given illustrating the possibility of exercising rights to specific activities in order to increase the capitalization of company, and the expansion of competitive advantage by optimizing strategic policy.

Organizational Weapon: Functional Genesis and Basic Directions of its Application in the Modern History of Russia

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Organizational Weapon: Functional Genesis and Basic Directions of its Application in the Modern History of Russia

The article examines the organizational weapon as a new type of strategic weapons and provides a retrospective review of its use in the last 65 years. The author draws a conclusion that the possibilities of eliminating pathological system as a leading factor of organizational weapons reside in psycho-social and cultural spheres of society. It means that external, formal ways of countering organizational arms are not suitable at all.

On the Materialist Concept of Discovery Mechanism. Links

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On the Materialist Concept of Discovery Mechanism. Links

Each object of Being, including thinking, determines links that it creates to other objects and at the same time is determined by them. From their number and nature depends, in particular, the possibility of the object development (structuring), including the discovery, having the character of bifurcations.

Strategic Matrix of the Central Asian States

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Strategic Matrix of the Central Asian States

The article discusses particular features of the geopolitical and geoeconomic situation of the Central Asian countries and Afghanistan. Comparisons of their integrated strength are made applying the strategic matrix model.

Movement to Beacons

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Movement to Beacons

The Tomsk region is a diverse region. Half the population lives in the region capital, known all over the country by its research-educational and innovation potential. The rest of the population lives in cities with economic predominance of oil and gas industry and in rural areas. The Tomsk region governor Sergey Zhvachkin tells how the regional government manages to diversify the economic policy.

Regions on the Edge of a Debtor’s Prison

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Regions on the Edge of a Debtor’s Prison

In developing the Russian regions rating methodological apparatus of “Strategic Matrix of the Russian Federation region” was used, developed by the International League of strategic management, assessment and accounting in partnership with the Institute for Economic Strategies. Its functional purpose is not simply to reflect the current level of the regions development. The main objective is to ensure the strategic planning process, allowing to take account of the market situation variability and to choose with high degree of reliability the optimal strategies of regional development from the number of available alternatives.

Cities of Strategic Importance. Dedicated to the Association of Closed Cities

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Cities of Strategic Importance. Dedicated to the Association of Closed Cities

This paper describes the concept of closed administrative-territorial formations (CATF) development. Solution of the problems described in the article the author sees in the system approach, including general organizational issues regarding CATF both in legal and economic aspects, as well as technological planning, viewed in the format of the innovation system. It is proposed to form a basis for the innovative economy construction in the format of the state strategic planning of the nuclear industry with active use of industrial sites throughout the whole CATF system.

Factors and Structure of Innovation Demand of Russian Companies by the Example of the Perm Region

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Factors and Structure of Innovation Demand of Russian Companies by the Example of the Perm Region

The article considers the factors and the structure of demand for the Russian enterprises innovation product in two aspects: innovative resources and technology and the product manufactured with their help. The article assesses the level of innovation activity, identifies trends and problems. It also offers comparison of innovation demand importance by Russia and the Perm region.

Etnoforesight: the Future of the Sakha People

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Etnoforesight: the Future of the Sakha People

Foresight is a widespread practice at the national and corporate level, but there are practically no examples of applying this methodology to form a vision of a separate ethnic group future. Based on the analysis of the work of the greatest representative of the Yakut intellectuals A.E. Kulakovsky, the article carries out analysis of the Yakut ethnic group current situation and of different strategies for its development in the 21st century.