The paper addresses the results of the first National Scientific Conference "Vladimir Road – the Path to New Technologies in Tourism" organized by the Faculty of Economics of Lomonosov MSU. The aim of the conference was to provide a professional discussion platform for experience exchange between experts and business people from tourism.
The article discusses issues related to the effectiveness of strategic planning for the development of small citiesand municipal district centers on the base of the network coordination mechanism. The relevance of the topic is related to the insufficient effectiveness of existing approaches to municipal development planning, and the need to search for new solutions in this area. The authors briefly describe the new institutional economic theory approach in defining the network coordination mechanism, as well as the concept of the "network city". It is shown that the network coordination mechanism creates a basis for cooperation of small citiesin several directions, including infrastructure development, exchange of best management practices, labor resources and competencies, joint projects implementation. It is concluded that network cooperation of small citiescan contribute to increasing the effectiveness of strategic planning through the exchange of experience, alignment of interests and priorities of joint development. The obtained results can be used in the development of strategic planning documents for small cities and municipal district centers in Russia.
The paper addresses the results of the First International Conference "The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Financial Regulation: Challenges and Perspectives", which was organised jointly by Moscow State University Faculty of Economics and the Eurasian Economic Commission (October 13-14, 2016). The conference was designed as a discussion platform for experts from EAEU states, for representatives of academic and business communities, and for national and supernational regulatory authorities. Participants discussed the future of harmonised financial legislation and regulation, of perspectives for supernational regulation of financial markets within EAEU; of basic financial market segments and their regulation, and of key infrastructural and institutional issues of EAEU financial integration.
The paper analyses methodological features and results of the first Russian oil and gas companies environmental rating. This rating is relevant because Russian oil and gas industry plays a key role in the national economy and at the same time it is unfavorable and nontransparent from an environmental point of view. Our study aims to provide a comparative assessment of environmental responsibility of oil and gas companies operating in Russia. The study is based on a comprehensive analysis of qualitative and quantitative corporate indicators in three areas: environmental management, environmental impact and disclosure. Results of the rating indicate a high differentiation among Russian oil and gas companies in terms of environmental responsibility and transparency. Public listing of shares as well as linkages between shareholders and regional communities are among factors that have positive impact on the level of environmental responsibility of oil and gas companies.
