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The issues of entrepreneurship education |
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The article deals with the issues of training in entrepreneurial education, the role of damage assessment
and risk management in the formation of the competencies of future entrepreneurs. The
analysis of domestic and foreign approaches to the formation of basic entrepreneurial competencies.
The paper emphasizes the importance of the entrepreneur’s ability to analyze and manage
risks, including from external anthropogenic and natural impacts. The analysis confirmed that an
important component of the educational programs of entrepreneurial education are the disciplines
related to damage assessment and risk management in entrepreneurial activity. The article contains
the study of educational programs of bachelor and master’s degree programs of 55 leading Russian
Universities that provide training in the areas of «Economics», «Management» and «Innovation».
The study revealed a low indicator of the average proportion of subjects forming competence in
the field of damage assessment and risk management, as well as the advantages of educational
programs in the direction of «Economy» in the study of these issues. The article raises the problem
of methodological support of disciplines on damage assessment and risk management, as well as
describes the previously conducted study on the assessment of comprehensive damage, which
was conducted in 2016 – 2017. In the course of the previous study, for the first time the definition,
classification and methodology of comprehensive fire damage assessment, taking into account the
assessment of indirect economic, socioeconomic and environmental — economic damage, was
proposed. The developed methodology will enable to train future entrepreneurs to the issues of
damage assessment and risk management.
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The article describes of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship and the analysis of entrepreneurialtype
university models.
The authors believe that the current economic situation in Russia requires the choice of a further
trunk line for the development of the economy and society: either state-based or a private-entrepreneurial
development model. The authors adhere to the second line, unfolding their position on the
problems of entrepreneurial education. The choice of the entrepreneurial model coincided with the
self-determination of the modern university as an institution experiencing a crisis of classical identity
and the search for new models and types of university education. To substantiate the model of an
entrepreneurial-type university, the authors identify a number of modern trends in the development
of higher education: the trend of changing the time frames, the trend of transboundarity, the trend of
identity change, the trend of forming the «third mission» of the university. Against this background,
the article shows that the choice of the entrepreneurial model of the university is organically connected
with the development of entrepreneurship as a phenomenon.
The authors understand entrepreneurship following H. Stevenson as a type of thinking and action,
which «seeks opportunities beyond the currently controlled resources». This, in turn, means
that entrepreneurship is not just about business. The authors show directions of development conducted
by Russian universities that build different versions of entrepreneurial education: within the
framework of the concept of an entrepreneurial university, through a model of a innovations-type
university, and through the introduction of entrepreneurial education in different formats, programs
and projects.
The article shows the experience of building an entrepreneurial-type university at the Novosibirsk
State University of Economics and Management with reference to existing practice and definitions
of entrepreneurship.
The article also provides data on surveys carried out by the authors among entrepreneurs, showing
their attitude to entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial universities. The results of the
surveys show the adequacy and timeliness of building the entrepreneurial university model at the
present time.
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The article presents the results of research on methods of peer review as a methodological basis
for the creation of a system of expert assessment of the quality of education in the field of technological
entrepreneurship. The urgency of creating an expert evaluation system for education was
substantiated.
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Industry market |
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Nowadays in the era of digital economy, volumes of available real-time data on the consumer
behavior are growing rapidly. This should naturally encourage a shift in the ways of collecting and
analyzing information for competitive analysis. That is why many organizations are facing questions
if traditional competitive analysis tools and models are effective in the current reality? How to use
modern data to build an analysis of competition? In this current research author is trying to answer
this type of questions with the help of interviews with Russian luxury consumers.
The main aim of the study was to identify sources of information that luxury consumers use in
their decision-making journey. Based on the data collected in the interviews it was identified that the
sources of information vary depending on the stage of the consumer journey and include the following
online factors: search, brand web-site and online mentions that can be divided into three major
groups: online reviews, online publishers and blogs as well as mentions in social networks. Based on
this criteria author conduct competitive analysis of luxury beauty market in Russia.
The study may be interesting for companies and researchers specializing in luxury marketing in
Russia as well as on the global level.
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The theory of competition |
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Currently, Russia is experiencing an economic crisis, which is aggravated by the imposition of economic
sanctions and the forced application of the policy of import substitution. Import substitution is
a complex process in which high technologies and innovations that make products competitive play
a leading role.
The author pays great attention to the directions of studying the problems of import substitution.
It is revealed that the problems and the mechanism of economic policy of the state are analyzed
in the most detail, which makes it possible to determine the nature and place of the competitiveness
of corporations in the implementation of measures for import substitution.
The article deals with the features of corporate competition in the conditions of economic policy
of protectionism. Attention is paid to the factors influencing the competition of corporations: the availability
of resources, mandatory export of goods, participation in global value chains.
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The article argues for the need for an effective security service as one of the full-fledged headquarters
units of the modern practice-oriented University operating in a competitive environment.
The branch specificity of security in the sphere of higher professional education is analyzed, in particular,
the existing advantages and additional «pain points» are revealed. It defines and explains the
threat of reputational, information and property safety of the subjects of the higher school from competitors,
its own employees and students. The possible negative impact of the implemented threats
on the market position of the University is analyzed. It is proved that the main of them is the disloyal
and irresponsible behavior of teachers, contributing to the deterioration of the business reputation
of their employer in the eyes of the main consumers of its services, the Supervisory authorities
of the state, other members of the national educational community. The main functional tasks of the
security service and the powers necessary for their successful implementation are formulated and
disclosed. The administrative, human, logistical and financial resources to be made available to it
have been identified. The standard organizational structure of this division, the list of corporate local
acts regulating its activity, and also system of external and internal administrative communications
of security service are developed. A set of organizational, economic, psychological and other measures
that can really motivate other departments, departments and departments of the University to
actively interact with its security service is proposed. Methodical requirements to the organization
of its practical activity are defined and proved, criteria for an assessment of efficiency of functioning
are formulated.
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This research develops an approach to analysis of market power effects after domestic Russian
mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and tests potential success factors for increasing market power
after M&A. The sample is based on the Mergermarket database and includes 171 domestic Russian
deals closed between January 2006 and September 2015.
This paper makes two primary contributions to the literature. First, this paper is related to the
recent research that investigates M&A in emerging markets. Our paper is unique in that we study
domestic Russian M&A based on long-term firm accounting data. This approach captures private
companies and small deals that make up the majority of the Russian M&A market. The second contribution
is the evaluation of market power effects after M&A both for the entire Russian M&A market
and for the separate industries.
The analysis shows that domestic Russian deals do not lead to significant increase in market
power. Only 49% of the deals are successful and, on average, they lead to 2,6% increase in EBIT
margin. The most successful industry is wholesale and retail where 68% of the deals are successful.
This article may be useful for company management to estimate value of prospective M&A deals
and for academic researchers interested in analysis of emerging markets M&As.
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The article reveals the foundations of the concept of state antimonopoly regulation, it defines the
state’s failure in regulation. Based on the results of analysis of amendments introduced in the Law
on Protection of Competition, failures in state antimonopoly regulation were investigated. Using the
scenario approach in the analysis of the competitive environment, in cases of prohibited concerted
actions, it was proved it is necessary to determine the threshold values of the Herfindahl-Hirschman
concentration index, and do not take a share because their minimum size which was defined in
the Law on Protection of Competition does not speak of potential opportunities of economic entities
to restrict competition in the commodity market. Using the statistical method, it is proved that
the introduced criterion, requiring determination of the size of the revenues of economic entities
when establishing a dominant position, has lowered the quality of antimonopoly regulation, as many
organizations previously subject to antimonopoly control are excluded from regional commodity
markets. Conclusions about the failures in antimonopoly regulation and the shift in the balance of
interests between the state, business entities and consumers are also confirmed in the article by the
analysis of the dynamics of the number of initiated cases on violation of the antimonopoly legislation.
According to the results of the research, it is determined on which side the balance of interests
lies today in the model of antimonopoly regulation, the directions of further improvement of antimonopoly
regulation are revealed, and the characteristic of its modern phase is given.
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The article explores the various phenomena of intra-firm competition of corporation insiders: coowners,
top managers and other entities, admitted to trade secrets, other confidential information.
Based on the results of the analysis of current judicial and corporate practices, the main forms of
competing activities of corporation insiders are distinguished: the creation of a counterpart-company,
the withdrawal of assets, the transfer of client base, and others. The article substantiates recommendations
to conscientious participants of companies, aimed at effective prevention and counteraction
of competing activities: conclusion of the corporate contract, maintaining regime of trade
secret, conduction of corporate audit.
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Article describes two important theoretical and methodological problems of science and practice
of enterprise competitiveness management, based on the analysis of scientific articles and monographs
on competitiveness. The study of modern scientific approaches to assessing the competitiveness
of the enterprise made it possible to clearly identify the error of identification: competitiveness
and efficiency (profitability, effectiveness). The article emphasizes the duality of the category
«competitiveness», which allows to apply it differently to the assessment of the enterprise and its
products. The article shows examples of how these described theoretical problems are reflected
in the methodology, developed by scientists to assess the competitiveness of enterprises. To solve
these theoretical and methodological problems, the author suggests using the conceptual triad of
competitiveness: resources, process and results of competitive activity.
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Entrepreneurship theory |
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The paper focuses on ethical and moral issues of modern business activity in Russia in the interface
between innovative economy and digital. The authors consider theoretical approaches to business
ethics, investigate its major categories as an integral attribute of business and correlate them
to a professional field of activity emphasizing relevance of research. The historical background is
given, the main mental characteristics of Russian entrepreneurs in different epochs are featured and
modern research views on business ethics essence are put forward. Such key categories of business
ethics as «good», «evil», «justice», «honor», «dignity», «conscience», «obligation», «duty»
are debated and it is emphasized that business ethics can be considered to be the instrument for
successful business activity performance and reducing costs. Due to the transition from innovative
economy to digital new kinds of social and economic interaction between people arise. The paper
also represents the current situation in business activity issues all over the world and working out of
a new international document MiFID II in particular. The authors’ findings on expectations of respect
for norms of enterprise ethics by generation of Z are reflected. The authors draw a conclusion that
giving accent to the main categories in business ethics subject matter is relevant and necessary for
modern entrepreneur model shaping.
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The analysis of the modern entrepreneurship’s competitive environment on the example of family
entrepreneurship which has allowed the author to draw a conclusion on effectively functioning competitive
environment as a determinant of a state and dynamics of any branch market’s competition is
presented in this article. The family enterprise is defined as a micro entrepreneurship’s subject within
which various forms of close relatives’ enterprise activity on the basis of their joint family capital can
be realized. It is noted that development of the family entrepreneurship’s competitive environment
in modern Russia requires improvement of institutional environment’s quality, in particular qualities
of regional and municipal programs and actions for micro entrepreneurship development. The value
of antimonopoly regulation as one of the main instruments of competitive environment’s formation
and development is emphasized. The conclusion is drawn on minimization of administrative barriers
for realization of the market economy’s principles with preservation «transparent» control of democratic
institutes as the main objective on the way of the competitive environment’s development
of family entrepreneurship in modern Russia.
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