A system of sectoral and regional economy, as a special class in the regional economy. The essence of systems branch and regional management as a scientific abstraction is to allocate part of the national and regional economies in a particular type of economic system, which includes structural elements as homogeneous enterprise, relevant regionally localized markets and the relationship business.
The research aims at the establishment of main principles, priorities and directions of the environmental industrial policy development in the Russian Federation. Environmental industrial policy is considered as a part of the industrial policy aimed at the formation of highly technological competitive national industry providing for the transfer of the economy from the export of raw materials to the innovation type of development. The international experience of the implementation of industrial policies is analysed; it is shown that re-industrialisation leads to strengthening the role of the state regulation and planning both in developed and developing countries. Peculiarities of the international approaches to forming "green" industrial policy are considered. Main principles of the environmental industrial policy development in the Russian Federation are formulated as follows: (1) industrial modernisation providing for the resource efficiency enhancement and the reduction of the negative environmental impact and (2) recycling of waste (its return to the economic cycle). It is emphasised that the environmental industrial policy priorities reflect foremost national purposes and strategic objectives of the Russian Federation development.
Russian economy continues to remain in depression and enhancing scientific-technological lag in comparison with economically developed countries. In these circumstances the problems of structural transformation on the basis of re-industrialization and technological modernization become vital for further development. Implementation of different kinds of economic regulation and planning, as an important instrument of industrial policy, is the necessary condition for the solution of this task. In this regard, the experience of such regulation and implementation of different kinds of planning in particular, in foreign countries, seems to be of great importance. On the basis of theoretical researches and expert estimates of western and Russian economists, the author analyses the experience of implementation of indicative planning and other kinds of public economic regulation in France in the context of its possible use for solution of the problem of technological modernization of Russian economy.
Based on the market failure theory the author argues that market mechanism is unable to undertake solid structural change in the national economics concluding that establishment of the governmental industrial policy is necessary. Mechanism of the "Dutch disease" with its local implications is disclosed. On the basis of comparison of various industrial policy scenarios appropriate for the Russian economics the author defines the most suitable one.
In Russia, Best Available Techniques (BAT) form the modern instrument of the environmental industrial policy. One should consider BAT from the positions of the environmental and economic regulation. In Russia, harmonization of priority measures of the industrial and the environmental policy aims at the sustainable economic growth, technological renewal and environmental improvement of the industry. In the nearest future, over eight thousand Russian enterprises will turn to the new BAT-based regulation system; they will need to meet new legislative requirements. To achieve this, many companies will need to attract substantial investments; the state will have to work out additional instruments of the financial support for the BAT implementation. The transition to BAT will be organizes of a phased basis; to evaluate results being achieved, it is needed to select indicators characterizing, on one hand, the industrial growth, and on the other hand - the improvement of the production environmental and resource efficiency as well as the gradual reduction of the negative environmental impact. A whole system of indicators is needed because each industrial branch and each region have their specifics caused by the structure of industry and by the state of the environment and natural resources. To analyse the results of the transition to BAT at various levels, experts in Best Available Techniques will be called on; the formation of the society of BAT experts has already begun.
The newest stage of post-Soviet Eurasian economic integration associated with the large-scale tasks of making a breakthrough in the economic development of its participants, including the tools of the EAEU, imposes increased requirements for the content and quality of the integration agenda. At the same time, the imperative put forward by the governing bodies of the Union of compliance of the development goals with the operational objectives of maintaining the current macroeconomic stability of the Eurasian Union in the conditions of further growth of sanctions can no longer be a sufficient condition for the advanced development of the EAEU member States. In order to ensure economic growth at a faster pace of development and with a proper synergetic effect for the national economic complexes of the EAEU States, a fundamental basis in the form of a well-thought-out ideologically and structurally sound industrial policy is required. In this context, the authors of the article touch upon such an essential element of the concept of this policy (the industrial policy of the EAEU, or the Eurasian industrial policy) as the criteria for jointly produced goods of the EAEU; an approach to its definition is proposed. Implementation of this approach, according to the authors, will create conditions for the development of mutually beneficial intra-Union production cooperation and import substitution, for a successful refraction to the post-Soviet realities of the relevant positive experience of the European Union.
The article emphasizes the need and outlines the ways of corporate relations between the mining and metallurgical segments of the mineral complex of Russia. These segments are designed to ensure the smooth and competitive functioning of the integrated process chain for the extraction of iron ore, its enrichment and production of metal products. The strategic guidelines for the development of the mining and metallurgical complex (MMC) are characterized, suggesting an increase in its diversity and innovation. The proposed instruments of the state industrial policy that stimulate the development of integrated technological chains in MMC. Recommendations on improvement of regulations of corporate policy in mining and processing plants focused on improvement of quality of integration interaction with the metallurgical enterprises are given. The principles of improving the strategic planning of companies in MMC, involving the activation of joint activities of mining and metallurgical enterprises within the integrated business.
The article analyzes the main indicators of the evolution of the domestic economy and its industrial complex in the past year (in January — November 2019). It Identifies trends in this evolution, including negative trends that determine the preservation of reproductive threats in 2020: sluggishness, instability and low quality of economic growth. The main reasons for the fact that the objective resource capabilities of the macro level were clearly not used enough to effectively solve the urgent problems of technological modernization of the economy and increase people's welfare are established. The main reason is the poor quality of public administration, including imperfect strategic planning and industrial policy; there is still no modern national innovation system in the country. Accordingly, recommendations for improving the quality of state regulation in its specified components are justified. The recommended measures, according to the author, will help the economy to move to a trajectory of rapid, sustainable and high-quality growth.
The purpose of the article is to assess the possibility of using cluster policy in Russia's industry as an instrument for developing dynamic competition (encouraging innovation activity). Drawing on the results of a detailed systematic review of the cluster theory, the author identifies the reason for its weak operationality: an implicit premise on entrepreneur's passive role in the innovation process. He then attempts to remove this premise by explaining the motives of company's behavior through a modified product variety model which is tested on empirical data from the U.S. and Russia. The results of testing show that at similar level of economic activity the geographical concentration of industrial enterprises in a cluster contributes to the intensification of innovation processes. A relatively more competitive behavior of firms in a cluster is explained through the theory of industrial markets and new institutional economic theory. The analysis concludes with valuable recommendations for economic policy.
The purpose of the article is to assess the possibility of using cluster policy in Russia's industry as an instrument for developing dynamic competition (encouraging innovation activity). Drawing on the results of a detailed systematic review of the cluster theory, the author identifies the reason for its weak operationality: an implicit premise on entrepreneur's passive role in the innovation process. He then attempts to remove this premise by explaining the motives of company's behavior through a modified product variety model which is tested on empirical data from the U.S. and Russia. The results of testing show that at similar level of economic activity the geographical concentration of industrial enterprises in a cluster contributes to the intensification of innovation processes. A relatively more competitive behavior of firms in a cluster is explained through the theory of industrial markets and new institutional economic theory. The analysis concludes with valuable recommendations for economic policy.
The article deals with the problems of industrial territorial organization in the world and Russia under the "core - periphery" concept. The study is currently important because of the lack of systematic works considering the position of countries and regions in the "core - periphery" structure and the need to elaborate a typology of regions for the purposes of industrial policy. The object of the study is the countries of the world and the regions of Russia, and the subject is the level of their industrial development. The purpose of the study is to suggest a typology of the countries of the world and the regions of Russia in the core-periphery structure of industrial space basing on the qualitative and quantitative methodology. The novelty of the study is the application of an evolutionary and multi-scale approach to the analysis of the distribution of industrial potential across the countries of the world and the subjects of the Russian Federation. The research methodology assumes a qualitative and quantitative procedure for differentiating countries and regions of Russia by industrial productivity, its share in GDP/GRP, the evolutionary stage of development (duration of the industrialization cycle) and geographical location. The main task is to check the operability of the "core - periphery" model in relation to the cycles of industrialization for the end-to-end typology of the countries of the world and the regions of Russia. Special emphasis is placed on the study of differences in industrial productivity under the influence of such geographical factors as the level of industrialization, the resource capacity of production, the scale and branch structure of industry. While analyzing industry at the country level, the emphasis is on the duration of the period of industrialization, the per capita volume of industrial production and the share of industry in GDP. Labor productivity was calculated for the regions of Russia, and the level of innovation activity was also considered. The position of a country or a region in the "core - periphery" system depends on the branch of specialization, the "age" of industry and the industrial policy of the state: the countries and regions that modernize existing funds faster or create new industries preserve their core position. Old industrial countries and regions are shifting into sub-periphery and periphery. The sub-periphery also includes industrial and agricultural regions with a high share of agriculture and small resource regions of Siberia and the Far East. The composition of the periphery is stable and includes the underdeveloped republics of the Caucasus and southern Siberia. The current results made it possible to compare the typology of countries and regions in the "core - periphery" system, while the final results could be used to adjust Russia's industrial policy.
The article is solving an actual problem — development of a system of indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of financing industrial clusters in Russia. The article analyzes the cluster models of Russian and foreign authors, identifies their strengths and weaknesses. A universal information model of the cluster was developed, reflecting the interaction of the participants among themselves and with external stakeholders of the cluster development. The developed model has three control loops: internal cluster stakeholders, cluster, cluster's region. Each has the specificity of the movement of inventory and cash flows, information interaction in the implementation of cluster policy, and reflects the interests of various stakeholders of industrial clusters. The model lays the groundwork to justify a three-tier system of indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of financing industrial clusters. The subsystems of the indicators of the impact of the industrial cluster on the regional economy, of the indicators of the industrial cluster development and the subsystem of the indicators of the financial condition of enterprises participating in the industrial cluster are highlighted in the proposed system. The study used the methods of bibliographic and logical analysis, synthesis and systems approach, mathematical methods of statistical data processing. The developed system of indicators for assessing the effectiveness of financing industrial clusters can be used to conduct current and subsequent monitoring of financing the implementation of cluster programs, to prepare decisions on the allocation of budgetary funds by state and municipal authorities, and to potential investors to determine the most promising investment instruments.
The article discusses the features of product policy in marketing. The author analyzes the objectives, functions and structural elements of product policy as a tool to promote the products in the consumer market. Particular attention is paid to the practical implementation of product policy in the Russian context.
The paper analyzes political decisions in the field of personnel and educational policy as a response of four German administrations, with Angela Merkel as the Federal Chancellor, to challenges of digitalization. Since challenges in the development of labor market induced by demographic and migration factors are similar for Russia and Germany, German experience may be useful for Russia as a large federal state with significant risks of rising social inequality. Challenges in the development of the labor market induced by demographic and migration factors are common for Russia and Germany. The author addresses the key challenge for the German government — the organization of humane working conditions in a new digital reality presented in the White Paper "Work 4.0" after careful examination and consultation with main actors: associations, trade unions, companies, academia and civil society. He sees the solution to the problem in improving qualifications and developing digital skills, as well as ensuring attractive working conditions, in the first place for specialists in engineering, technical and natural science specialties (STEM). The analysis concludes with recommendations for policymakers which include such measures as improving gender equality in STEM professions and selective migration policy that mitigates unnecessary barriers for highly qualified immigrants.
