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The article considers multicriteria classification of competitive action of companies. The author emphasizes the universal classification of competitive actions, applicable regardless of the industry specificity of competitive behavior. This article offers a general definition of «competitive action», «space of competitive action». The author propose a classification of competitive action on the variety of criteria: sides of competition, competition destinations, type, nature, kind of competitive action. Classification of competitive action on price and non-price methods are presented, especially: product differentiation, competition for a place in the value chain. The author reveals fundamental characteristics of competitive actions, needs to be consider by rivals for choosing competitive actions to implement within competitive process.
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This article focuses on the development of antitrust policy in transition economies in the context of preventing explicit and tacit collusion. Experience of CEE countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Estonia) in the creation of anti- trust system was analyzed, including both legislation and enforcement practice. The analysis takes into account such institutional problems as: classification problems (tacit vs explicit collusion, ver- tical vs horizontal agreements), flexibility of prohibitions («per se» vs «rule of reason»), design of sanctions, private enforcement challenge, leniency program mechanisms, the role of antitrust authorities, especially in criminal investigation issues etc.
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The aim of the article is to analyze reform of the tariffs regulation for the Russian electricity distribu- tion companies against the background of the global tendencies in this sphere.
The «cost plus» regulation approach which applied to electricity grids till 2009 did not help to bring investments in the sector. Starting from 2009, the new long-term tariff methodology (RAB-regula- tion that stands for Regulatory asset base) has been introduced. The main goal of the tariff reform is to stimulate investments into electricity networks and to improve their operational efficiency, service quality and reliability. Starting from 2012 the electricity distribution companies that have not completed transfer to RAB-regulation are regulated under long-term indexation.
Some features of the transition and design of the new tariff regulation caused dramatic increase of the grid’s component in the final tariffs for the commercial consumers. This fact is extremely nega- tive both for the competitiveness of the Russian producers and for the prospects of the unified energy system. Tariff regulation of the power grid companies influences not only the efficiency and reliability of electricity distribution but may also directly affect competition on the wholesale and retail electricity markets and overall liberalization of the electricity market.
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Russian heating is in a transition stage to the new system of tariff regulation. There is an opinion that existing system of tariff regulation is one of the main reasons of the sector’s problems. Last times different approaches to tariff design were taking into account for solving such problems on governmental level. The key challenge for regulator of district heating is choosing the best way of tariff regulation, because chosen methods give different results.
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The article discusses ways of increase of competitiveness of company on the basis of internal financial flows, using the proposed algorithm of formation of bill circulation and use of the securities at the enterprises of ferrous metallurgy.
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In article the questions connected with history of creation and a condition of economy of the par- ticipating countries of the Customs Union are considered. Authors analysed both positive, and negative tendencies of development of economy for each participating country. The analysis of a rating of the participating countries of the Customs union is carried out to Doing Business from 2009 to 2014, and also expected values of growth rates of economy of the Common economic space and consumer inflation.
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