ACTUAL PROBLEMS DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMICS
Aim. The presented study aims to analyze the organization and results of the industrialization of the USSR economy in 1928–1940 and to evaluate the possibilities of using this experience for the restructuring of the modern domestic economy developing under the conditions of antiRussian sanctions.
Tasks. The authors examine the features of the current stage of economic development in Russia and the impact of economic sanctions on it; analyze the experience of socialist industrialization in the USSR; provide recommendations for improving the manageability of the modern domestic economy and accelerating its industrial development.
Methods. This study uses the methods of historical and economic analysis, comparison, statistical processing of economic data, monographic method, expert assessment, and institutional approach.
Results. Nowadays, the Russian economy is developing turbulently due to the numerous political and economic sanctions imposed on the country. That said, the current stage of economic development in the Russian Federation is in many ways similar to the period of Soviet industrialization carried out in the USSR before World War II (1941–1945) in terms of the totality of influencing factors and mechanisms of their manifestation. This makes it possible to take into account the lessons of Soviet industrialization in the modern economic policy of the Russian Federation. Soviet industrialization was based on centralized public administration and directive five-year planning. Such approaches are not applicable in modern Russia without institutional restructuring. Therefore, the experience of Soviet industrialization should be used selectively.
Conclusions. In the context of increasing sanctions pressure, it is advisable to strengthen state intervention in the economy — not only to preserve its stability, but also to set the vector of long-term development. Such development is associated with the increasing importance of industrial production based on a new technological base. This calls for an approach to the modernization of economic macro-regulation that would be differentiated by industry and region. Such an approach can be developed using the experience of Soviet industrialization. However, it should be used selectively based on an assessment of the ratio of public and private interests. Today, the transition to a full-scale mobilization economy in Russia is impractical.
DIGITAL ECONOMICS
Aim. The presented study aims to consider the possibilities and features of the development of digitalization in health care under modern conditions (through the example of Russia).
Tasks. The authors describe the essence and trends of digitalization and the industry-specific features of its manifestation in health care; analyze the available digital technologies from the perspective of their use in health care; identify directions for the development of RWD and RWE systems in Russia and assess the need for a transformation of the institutional environment of health care in the context of their introduction.
Methods. This study uses general scientific research methods (analysis, synthesis, monographic method, grouping), as well as methods of institutional and sectoral techno-economic analysis.
Results. The process of digital transformation in the health care sector is analyzed, and the introduction of RWD and RWE systems and artificial intelligence systems is examined in detail. In the context of a study of development trends in digital health care, recommendations for improving the collection, processing, and storage of medical information are given. New means of working with medical data and directions for the development of digital medical services and medical care using digital technologies are described.
Conclusions. Digitalization in health care is aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of medical care and medical services through the application of innovative approaches and the expanded use of digital tools. Global experience shows that patients and medical organizations can successfully use personalized solutions in the field of digital health care to improve disease prevention, self-care, and access to health care, providing that they are designed with allowance for the needs and preferences of the patient. However, these issues require improved processes not only at the level of organizations, but also at the level of industrial regulatory bodies.
Aim. The presented study aims to substantiate the need to use digital technologies in analytics to make effective management decisions and ensure cost reduction.
Tasks. The authors determine the place of a digital analytics platform in cost analysis; identify key factors in the implementation of the platform; describe the capabilities of the tools provided by the analytics platform and how they can be used in the cost management process.
Methods. This study uses general scientific methods; the results are summarized through tabular and graphical presentation; four groups of data analysis methods (descriptive and diagnostic analytics, predictive and prescriptive analytics) are identified; within each group, special methods of cost analysis (management analysis methods and advanced analytics methods) are indicated, which can be automated using an analytics platform.
Results. It is found that the introduction of an analytics platform transforms the structure of time costs associated with performing analytical work, freeing up working time for solving other management tasks. It is established that analytics platforms are flexible and can find highly specialized solutions due to a wide range of tools and methods implemented on the basis of the platform. The selection of tools and methods depends on the tasks set as part of the cost analysis. Acceptable options for using advanced analytics tools within the framework of cost management are formulated.
Conclusions. The analytical platform serves as a tool that improves the quality of data processing necessary for making effective management decisions. Comprehensive application of traditional cost analysis tools and advanced analytics facilitates the effective search for new opportunities for optimizing business processes, which is an urgent task in the context of uncertainty and limited resources. Considering the importance of the functions performed by the tools of the analytics platform and in connection with the withdrawal of foreign leaders in the field of business analytics from the Russian market due to sanctions, domestic vendors of analytical systems are faced with the challenge of further improving software products that should be on par with their foreign analogs in terms of functionality.
Tasks. The author considers the specific aspects of the activities of cultural institutions; identifies current problems in this field; defines the concept of the quality of the activities of cultural institutions and proposes ways to improve it, including through the creation of a unified state information system for the purchase of tickets to cultural institutions of the Russian Federation.
Methods. This study uses an integrated approach, general scientific (concretization, abstraction, deduction, induction, analogy) and special methods of cognition (analytical and statistical methods).
Results. The author proposes creating a new digital project in the field of purchasing tickets to cultural institutions (museums, theaters, etc.), which would increase the comprehensive quality of their activities. This includes improving the quality of services provided by cultural institutions, improving the planning of tourist and sightseeing routes, managing the flow of visitors in cultural institutions, eliminating the possibility of overflow, preventing the activity of theater and museum ticket speculators, obtaining significant economic effects in the public sector.
Conclusions. The unified information system can be used by public authorities in the field of culture and cultural institutions (museums, theaters, etc.), and by the population consuming such services. The system proposed by the author is unique, and its implementation would contribute to improving the quality of services provided by cultural institutions, ensuring transparency of the ticket sale process for all interested parties, reducing the cost of tickets by eliminating intermediary commissions, increasing the revenue of the state budget by eliminating the possibility of ticket fraud, etc.
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Aim. The presented study aims to analyze transformations that last-mile delivery has undergone during the years of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the Russian Federation, considering that, on the one hand, the final stage of delivery is considered the most problematic part of the delivery process, and on the other — the last mile is often a factor determining the customer’s choice and satisfaction when interacting with the company.
Tasks. The authors identify problems that companies face due to changes in customer behavior and experience; search for possible solutions to these problems; analyze how satisfaction with the quality of last-mile delivery affects the customer’s decision to order goods from a particular supplier.
Methods. This study uses the method of descriptive literature review, as well as methods of analysis, synthesis, comparison, and generalization.
Results. Today, customer experience is as important an element of brand perception as product offering. Customers constantly seek more personalized, convenient, and secure ways to receive delivery services. Research shows that many buyers consider efficient and fast delivery a priority when making a purchase, not the price of goods. The increasing customer demand for quality of service and the boom in e-commerce have led to the development of new last-mile delivery methods that optimize the quality of customer service and contribute to building a strong relationship between the customer and the brand.
Conclusions. Improving the quality of customer service through last-mile logistics can be a powerful tool in the competition, as delivery often turns out to be a key factor influencing the consumer’s purchase decision. The result of this study is the formation of an idea about the possible future development and prospects of last-mile delivery.
Aim. The presented study aims to assess the applicability of gamification methods used in human resource management processes to draw a conclusion about the feasibility of implementing such principles in the strategies of Russian and foreign companies.
Tasks. The authors review the cultural aspects of the phenomenon of gamification and substantiate its essence; describe the methods and tools used in this field; analyze the examples of gamification in business, particularly in the field of human resource management.
Methods. This study analyzes literary sources, articles from electronic journals, and scientific research of companies in the field of personnel management.
Results. A study of the application of gamification in human resource management shows the prospects of this direction, its advantages and disadvantages.
Conclusions. The use of gamification makes even routine tasks less monotonous, and employees become more involved from the early stages of their work for the company. High motivation to work, feedback, and the development of social ties lead to increased job satisfaction and, as a result, to greater productivity, fewer mistakes, less absenteeism and employee turnover. Gamification can contribute to creating a positive image of an organization, spreading the values it represents, its missions and visions among the “players”.
Aim. The presented study aims to develop methodological approaches to assessing the effects of strategic partnership for the sustainable digital development of transport structures and transportation enterprises.
Tasks. The author defines approaches to the sustainable development of entrepreneurial structures, namely: determines the features of the used model of sustainable industrial development and formulates the principles of ensuring sustainability in accordance with the nature of the inter-entrepreneurial infrastructural digital interaction of transport structures and transportation enterprises.
Methods. This study uses general scientific methods of cognition in various aspects to investigate approaches to assessing the effects of strategic partnership, identify shortcomings, and propose methodological approaches to managing the formation of a mechanism for assessing the effects of strategic partnership for sustainable digital development of transport structures and transportation enterprises.
Results. The author proposes using the principles of management of the formation of a mechanism for assessing the effects of strategic partnership, including the principle of consistent hierarchical ordering of management actions, the principle of resource sufficiency for management actions, and the principle of digital technological accessibility of management actions. The author considers the factors of comprehensive stability (external and internal collective stability), contributing to the identification of resource redundancy and demand, as the main factors determining the vector of management actions within the framework of the mechanism for assessing the effects of strategic partnership within the structure of the synergetic matrix of inter-entrepreneurial interaction.
Conclusions. The author proposes to build the process of managing the formation of a mechanism for assessing the effects of strategic partnership for sustainable digital development of transport structures and transportation enterprises around the principles of sustainability, in accordance with the parameters of sustainable digital development and with allowance for the elements of the mechanism for assessing the effects of strategic partnership in ensuring sustainable digital development in the form of strategic partnership.
FINANCES AND CREDIT
Aim. The presented study aims to develop a model for the innovative development of insurance in Russia based on an in-depth analysis of scientific papers, a survey of insurers, and the market situation.
Tasks. The authors examine innovative development models in the insurance sector; identify problems affecting the introduction of innovations in the insurance business; analyze channels through which insurers purchase insurance products; test the hypothesis about insurers giving preference to digital channels when choosing insurance depending on age and gender; identify the most popular types of insurance products among insurants; highlight promising innovative approaches in Russian insurance.
Methods. This study uses general and private scientific methods, a formal logical approach, and survey of insurers.
Results. A model for the innovative development of insurance in Russia is developed based on an in-depth analysis of scientific papers, a survey of insurers, and the market situation. Testing of the hypothesis about the dependence of the choice of insurance channels on age (generation) for different types of insurance indicates that such a dependence exists only for car insurance. The hypothesis about the joint influence of gender and generation on the choice of channels for purchasing insurance policies is not confirmed. According to the survey, the most popular types of policies include car insurance and travel insurance. Conventional insurance remains more popular among respondents than digital insurance.
Conclusions. A problem of interaction and communication between the insurer and the insurant is revealed. Digital insurance is not sufficiently developed among Russian insurers. The developed client-oriented model will make it possible to establish long-term relationships between companies and customers. Convenient, functional digital tools will create the prerequisites for the sustainable growth of companies, allowing them to gain important competitive advantages in the market.
Aim. The presented study aims to analytically assess and systematize instruments for financing sustainable development and to identify their advantages and disadvantage.
Tasks. The authors compile a list of instruments for financing sustainable development; identify the advantages and disadvantages of special financial instruments; reveal the dynamics of their development; systematically classify special instruments for financing sustainable development.
Methods. This study uses the dialectical systems approach, logical analysis, comparison, general scientific methods, and methods of retrospective analysis.
Results. The study reveals the content of instruments for financing sustainable development. Special instruments for financing sustainable development are identified and systematized in the context of groups of instruments for project/corporate financing, stock market, loan capital market, and insurance market. Their advantages and disadvantages are characterized and the dynamics of their development is analyzed. Theoretical provisions for financing sustainable development are formulated in the context of the systematization of special instruments for financing sustainable development.
Conclusions. According to the results of the performed analysis and development trends in the financial technology market, the authors believe that it is necessary to increase the financing of statistical offices to improve the efficiency of collecting data on the progress in achieving sustainable development goals and to ensure their accuracy and comparability among countries. There is an upward trend in social responsibility not only at the government level, but also at the level of businesses and the population, which is confirmed by the formation of green investment through public and private funds.
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS
Aim. The presented study aims to propose a conceptual approach to ESG reporting in company value management and to identify areas for further research regarding the methodological development of the introduction of environmental, social, and managerial factors into the overall system of strategic business management.
Tasks. The author determines the level of influence of the ESG agenda on decision-making in capital markets by creating an overview of statistics, key theses in the information field, and relevant scientific research in the field of finance; determines the degree of methodological development of ESG factors in business management from the perspective of the requirements of the value management concept; describes algorithms used by the investment community to evaluate assets with allowance for ESG rankings and by company management to take into account ESG factors in managerial processes and transmission of signals to the external environment; formulates proposals for taking into account ESG data based on the latest developments in the field of strategic business management and tasks requiring methodological elaboration and further research.
Methods. The key methods used in the study include analysis and synthesis, comparison, generalization, system analysis, induction and deduction.
Results. It is found that the introduction of ESG factors into business management processes is underdeveloped methodologically by the scientific community and consulting companies against the backdrop of growing investor interest in ESG assets. The issue of making allowance for ESG factors in management remains open and requires further methodological development. An approach to considering ESG factors as drivers of the market value of assets is proposed, which is achievable using a modified approach to company value management based on expectations.
Conclusions. Despite the growing interest in the ESG agenda in capital markets, methods for assessing and implementing ESG factors in companies' business processes are underdeveloped, and these factors are insufficiently justified in companies on a growing scale as a whole. On the one hand, considering the significant investment directed to ESG funds and the volume of capital investment of companies in ESG assets, the need to investigate ESG factors as potential drivers of value within the framework of cost management is determined, their role and significance are substantiated. On the other hand, the author believes that a modified approach to company value management based on expectations can already be used today to make allowance for ESG factors and take prompt measures to reduce the noise associated with significant observed variations in the estimates of the ESG status of companies operating in different regions and industries, as well as to implement algorithms for the interaction with the external environment in terms of expectations regarding ESG business performance.
Aim. The presented study aims to assess economic damage to the health care system caused by climate change in Moscow.
Tasks. The authors examine methods for assessing economic damage to the health care system caused by climate change; describe research methodology; assess economic damage to the health care system caused by climate change in Moscow in 2010–2020.
Methods. To assess economic damage, this study uses the method of calculating the cost of the disease and the methodology of the World Health Organization (WHO), which involves analyzing many statistical indicators of the health care system collected by national statistical agencies. The period of study is from 2010 to 2020.
Results. Climate change in Moscow can cause significant economic damage, which varies depending on the number of dangerous weather events from 0.05 to 5.63% of Moscow’s gross regional product (GRP) (7.78–471.87 billion rubles). The greatest economic damage was in 2010, when the number of days with dangerous weather events in Moscow exceeded 180 days.
Conclusions. Significant economic damage to the health care system caused by climate change in Moscow manifested by dangerous weather events calls for an effective climate policy. Further studies should assess the city’s current climate policy, focusing on the implementation of adaptation measures and recommendations for its improvement.
Aim. The presented study aims to investigate the features of the academic entrepreneurship system in the Russian Federation through the example of leading Russian universities and to determine the main prospects for its development.
Tasks. The author defines the theoretical foundations of the academic entrepreneurship system; examines the legal and regulatory framework of academic entrepreneurship; comparatively analyzes the entrepreneurial activity of leading Russian universities; determines the prospects and trends of the development of the academic entrepreneurship system in Russia.
Methods. This study uses general scientific methods, including comparison, generalization, benchmarking, abstraction, deduction, and induction.
Results. The theoretical foundations of academic entrepreneurship are investigated, and the author’s original definition of the term is formulated. The regulatory and legal framework of university entrepreneurship through the regulation of small innovative enterprises established at universities is examined. The level of academic entrepreneurship in leading Russian universities at the level of desk research is analyzed. Major directions for the development of the academic entrepreneurship system in Russia are determined.
Conclusions. The system of academic entrepreneurship is implemented through the combined efforts of educational organizations and representatives of the business community to simplify the commercialization of the results of innovative activity. The legal and regulatory framework of academic entrepreneurship in Russia is underdeveloped considering the needs of the modern economy. The main legal acts regulating the activities of small innovative enterprises are federal laws, regulations of the Government of the Russian Federation, and the decree of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. University entrepreneurship in domestic higher education institutions continues to develop. A peculiar feature of the existing system is the desire to create an innovative infrastructure within the university and to stimulate entrepreneurial activity among the teaching staff and students. The prospects for the development of academic entrepreneurship in Russia are associated with the development of innovative university infrastructure and increased interaction with manufacturing organizations.