Strategic Development Priorities Research Articles

Economic Development of the Iraqi Gas Sector in Conjunction with the Oil Industry

The relevance of this article is due, on the one hand, to the importance of the oil and gas industry in the development of Iraq and, on the other hand, the inability to enhance the existing capacities of the gas industry due to both serious systemic internal causes and external problems. The objective of this article is to study the prospects of the gas industry in conjunction with the oil industry, and develop a strategy for their development based on the forecasting of future scenarios. In the article, the research methods used included a systematic analysis of economic, social and cultural conditions, considering the history of Iraq, including a review of statistical data and a variety of sources. The article proposes a method for choosing the industry development strategy on the basis of an analytical hierarchy process, based on an algorithm of iterative processes using an analysis of hierarchies. To clarify the actors’ policies and strategic goals and to find the optimal solution, repeated iterations of the choice of strategy have been proposed. The strategies were divided into alternative strategies for future scenarios, which were evaluated in actions as able to achieve the goals by determining the consistency ratio and the consistency index. As a result of the study, we can highlight the analysis of the centralized system of oil and gas resources’ management that has developed in Iraq, which has a complicated “top-down” delegation of decisions and responsibility, with decisions made at the political level and resources distributed from above, which precludes individual industries from performing their functions, and also limits the effective implementation of strategic development priorities. The development factors for the gas industry in Iraq were identified and systematized with a rationale for the direction of the industry’s strategic development. Groups of factors were identified: market-affecting determinants of the development of the gas industry, as well as other considerations that may, to a lesser extent, affect the development of Iraq’s gas industry and the oil and gas complex as a whole. The results, assessing the significance of the actors’ goals, can be taken as a basis for development strategies for the oil and gas industry, to improve the contract system of the gas industry in conjunction with the oil industry.

The Role of Federal Research Centers in Implementing the Strategic Priorities of Scientific and Technological Development of Russia

The image of Russian science will change with the adoption of the new state program: Scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation. This paper discusses the reasons for such a significant transformation of science, and defines the tasks of federal research centers in the new system. Three federal centers of the European North of Russia were chosen as the objects of the study including Karelian, Kola and Komi Federal Research Centers. The paper briefly describes the history of the creation of a regional network of scientific organizations and their tasks. It also gives some examples of successful complex interdisciplinary cooperation between these three scientific organizations during the Soviet period. The attention is focused on the challenges facing the scientific organizations at present and the tools proposed for solving these. The tools primarily include a project approach and mechanisms for organizing complex interdisciplinary research, such as federal scientific and technical programs, integrated research programs, scientific educational centers at the international level, and the strategic academic leadership program Priority-2030. These aim to concentrate the efforts of researchers on the priority tasks of developing science and the most important sectors of the country’s economy. Federal research centers have a number of advantages over ordinary scientific organizations when science begins to concentrate in large ‘regions of knowledge’. Due to redistribution of internal reserves, they can initiate new research trends, points of growth, and joint research within the framework of integration projects.
 Keywords: federal research centers, project management, grand challenges, networking tools

Strategic priorities for sustainable development of the agro-industrial complex in the Arctic zone of Russia

Sustainable development goals (SDGs) relevance and ensuring their achievability in conditions increases for special risk zones, which include the Arctic regions of Russia. The directions of sustainable development of such regions are provided by an integrated strategic approach, including the transformation of the region’s economy, the renewal of traditional forms of economic management, taking into account the opportunities that the digital economy and industry innovations provide. The purpose of the article is to assess the quality of sustainable development of the Arctic zone. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were formulated: to identify and analyze regional development indicators for the UN sustainable development goals SDGs; identify and characterize the problems that threaten the sustainable development of the region through the system of risks of achieving the SDGs; to assess the priorities and directions of development approved in strategic documents from the standpoint of increasing its sustainability. The main results of the study included the following: the composition of regional indicators of the SDGs was substantiated, which was supplemented by sectoral indicators of the SDGs using the example of the agro-industrial complex; an expert assessment of the risks of achieving the SDGs by regional indicators was carried out and systematized, dividing risks into social, economic and environmental; clarified the priorities and features of the strategy and state policy for the development of the agro-industrial complex in the Arctic zone, taking into account the priorities and characteristics of the agro-industrial complex development within the framework of the SDGs.

Стратегические приоритеты развития горнолыжного туризма в миреи России

The article provides a strategic analysis of ski tourism development at the national and global level. The identified global, national and regional trends form new opportunities for the tourism industry, significantly changing its functioning model, strategic priorities, goals and objectives. Tourism industry enterprises should realize the planned shifts and build a new or adjust existing development strategies to ensure long-term functioning in the market. The strategic initiatives proposed in the article are based on the theoretical foundations of the Russian school of strategizing developed by V.L. Kvint, an academician of the Russian Academy of Science, a practical scientist with extensive experience in the field of strategizing big domestic and international companies. The purpose of study ‒ to determine the strategic priorities for ski tourism development in the world and in Russia based on the theory of strategy and methodology of strategizing academician V.L. Kvint. The definition of strategic priorities for the national sky industry should also be based on the resource potential of the industry (natural, recreational, infrastructural, financial, personnel and etc.) and take into account the historical features of the national tourism industry development. For today the consumption model in ski tourism is undergoing essential changes from the primacy of the sports component in it, to an increase in attention to entertainment and après-ski, when skiing is not the main motive for traveling to the mountains, but one of the great variety of attractions on the mountain. In the conditions of excess demand over supply of services, the strategic task is to retain the existing client base and attract the younger generation to the ski culture, as well as the collaboration of ski leisure with other types of pastime within the city (construction of indoor ski centers within the city). Digitalization of all aspects of society’s life has formed a new standard for providing of travel services - a comprehensive customized service of high quality and the seamlessness of its provision to the consumer, which modern ski complexes should also meet.

POSTWAR RECOVERY OF UKRAINE'S INDUSTRY: CHALLENGES AND FEATURES OF POLICY

Introduction. The war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine encourages a rethinking of the model of national economic reform policy pursued in recent decades and has caused significant technological and economic backwardness of the country, making it vulnerable to external aggression. Policy miscalculations, especially in matters of industrial development, should be taken into account in shaping the directions of postwar The war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine encourages a rethinking of the model of national economic reform policy pursued in recent decades and has caused significant technological and economic backwardness of the country, making it vulnerable to external aggression. Policy miscalculations, especially in matters of industrial development, should be taken into account in shaping the directions of postwar recovery. Purpose. Identify key challenges and outline the features of the policy of postwar recovery of Ukrainian industry. Results. The exceptional importance of industry for the stability and state of the economy both in peacetime and in wartime is shown. The key indicators of Ukraine's industrial development in the pre-war period are analyzed, which testify to its significant backwardness from developed countries. Against this background, the approaches to the formation and implementation of industrial development policy in developed countries and in Ukraine are analyzed and compared. The essence of modern state entrepreneurship is briefly described and its important role in ensuring effective economic and industrial transformations in developed countries is shown. Attention is drawn to the need for a complementary combination of structural and fundamental factors of development and the allocation of its strategic priorities in the implementation of state entrepreneurship. The main shortcomings of Ukraine's economic policy that led to deindustrialization and lagging behind in the pre-war period are identified. The "bottlenecks" of Ukraine's economy, which appeared during the war and led to large-scale economic losses, are shown. It is pointed out that overcoming the consequences of the war and post-war reconstruction should not be carried out by prolonging the pre-war approaches to economic management. Possibilities of implementation of the state entrepreneurship model to ensure effective recovery and accelerated development of the domestic economy are proposed. In this regard, the strategic priorities of the country's development, the corresponding sectoral priorities of the industry, its stages of recovery and the main organizational measures to be taken by the state to implement these priorities are highlighted.

Wzrost kapitału ludzkiego jako strategiczny priorytet zrównoważonego rozwoju regionów

The main wealth of the country, its main strategic resource that can ensure political, economic, environmental, and spiritual growth, is human capital. Its intellectual, entrepreneurial, and productive potential, the ability to create and accumulate knowledge, implement it in the production of goods and services, develop unique technologies, invent new types of energy, materials, information, etc., is the engine of scientific and technological progress and innovative restructuring of the economy. Investment in human capital, in intelligence, in the health of the nation, in education and science, and in creating conditions for the normal functioning of everyone is a prerequisite not only for improving the quality of life of the people, but also for achieving the Millennium Goals and Sustainable Development Goals, advancing the country’s development, and its social and political stability. The research is aimed at developing theoretical, methodological, and practical provisions for the formation of strategic priorities for sustainable development of territories based on the reproduction of human capital. The theoretical basis was the available scientific works, certain provisions of normative legal acts, international framework documents, in particular from United Nations: Agenda 21 and the report Our Common Future, as well as local studies. The generalization of various scientific points of view regarding the category of human capital allowed us to establish that it is an integral part of its carrier, and therefore, it is proposed to understand as such a set of personal qualities of a person formed, developed, accumulated and preserved as a result of investments in productive abilities, personal qualities and motivational behavior of an individual, as well as the ability to develop and accumulate the necessary qualities that are in his property, which he uses in economic activities and which provides him with a corresponding income. The article substantiates the value of the category human capital for sustainable development. The territorial features of the reproduction of human capital are determined, based on which it is proposed to consider the region as space. It is proved that the reproduction of human capital occurs in the relationship and interdependence with the general periods of the life cycle of the generation, which served to distinguish the four phases of the reproduction of human capital. The architectonics of determining the strategic priorities of sustainable development of territories based on the reproduction of human capital, which is aimed at solving theoretical, methodological, and applied problems, is proposed.

Strategic Planning of People-Centered Socio-Economic Development of Khmelnytskyi Region

The article with the use of a memoir-analytical review of scientific and public activities of Doctor of Economics, Professor Vasyl Ivanovych Pyla reveals the formation of a system of strategic planning of socio-economic development of Khmelnytskyi region. The methodological provisions of the Concept of Human Development present the global Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for the period up to 2015 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the period up to 2030, localized at the level of Khmelnytskyi region. The information and methodological aspects of economic and statistical assessment of the MDGs and the SDGs with the help of indicators of national methods (2001 and 2012) of the Regional Human Development Index (RHDI) are considered. The organizational and economic essence of strategic planning of socio-economic development of the region is defined as the planned activities of regional authorities to change the negative trends of indicators of RHDI indicators to positive ones by implementing appropriate measures. Particular attention is paid to preventing the goals of socio-economic development of regions from the strategies and policies of socio-economic development of the state as a whole. Based on the forecast calculations of 33 indicators of RHDR of Khmelnytskyi region for 2016–2020. identified strategic priorities for socio-economic development, formulated 2 new strategic goals and clarified 4 existing ones, which were provided by the Regional Development Strategy, developed in 2010–2011. Structures of the first in Ukraine Regional program of human development of Khmelnytskyi region and 6 programs of social and economic development of the region for 2016–2020 are revealed. The conceptual provisions of the experiment «State regulation of regional human development in the administrative region» with the definition of the powers of the regional state administration and the regional council in the context of decentralization. The introduction of the Forecasting-Programming-Budgeting (FPB) system in the activities of regional authorities is focused on the use of the provisions of budgetary federalism of the unitary state (in the order of setting). The use of the components of the organizational and methodological mechanism of strategic planning is focused on achieving coherence between the Center and the Regions as a single socio-economic system. Keywords human development, human-centered approach, socio-economic development, regional development strategy, regional program, indicators, Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals, budgetary federalism of the unitary state.

Alignment of Global and National Interest with Regional Strategic Priorities

Aim. The presented study aims to examine strategic principles for developing regional strategic priorities with allowance for the alignment of global and national interests.Tasks. The authors define the role of the alignment of interests in the development of regional strategies; determine the global interests of the United Nations (UN), the International Labour Organization, and the national interests of Russia, which should be taken into account when formulating strategic priorities for regional development.Methods. This study uses the theory and methodology of strategizing developed by academician V.L. Kvint to describe strategic principles for developing regional strategic priorities with allowance for the alignment of global and national interests. Applied research is conducted through the example of Kuzbass.Results. The conceptual framework for substantiating the strategic priorities of regional development is determined as a result of the alignment of global, national and regional interests based on relevant trends. It is shown how the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the initiative of the Global Commission on the Future of Work, national goals, and strategic objectives for the development of the Russian Federation are reflected in the strategic contours of Kuzbass development until 2035 and beyond.Conclusions. When developing strategic priorities, aligned interests of all parties — from global to personal — make it easier to achieve a positive multiplier effect, increasing the effectiveness of initiatives and satisfaction of performers. Conflicting interests may lead to opportunistic behavior, a ban on holding any events, inefficient use of rare limited resources, and loss of confidence among performers in the implementation of their initiatives. Inconsistency with global and national interests may lead to sanctions, economic and political warfare.

An analysis of sectoral shipbuilding strategies considering the sustainable development goals of the fisheries complex of Russia

Subject. This article discusses the prospects for the strategic development of shipbuilding of the fishing fleet of Russia, and its impact on the fisheries industry. Objectives. The article aims to identify the existing resource constraints and strategic opportunities of shipbuilding of the fishing fleet of Russia, taking into account global trends, and conduct a comprehensive analysis and systematization of the sectoral strategies and develop recommendations for their updating. Methods. For the study, I used the methods of logical analysis, synthesis, comparison, aggregation by specific feature, and systematization. Results. The article offers a model of expert assessment of the optimal number of fishing fleet, taking into account the segmentation of the object of strategizing and determination of strategic priorities for the development of the fisheries industry of Russia. Conclusions. In Russia, shipbuilding of the fishing fleet is a catalyst for a high synergistic effect in mechanical engineering, fisheries industry, and development of coastal regions. The further sustainable development of its interrelated elements is possible through updating strategic development priorities. The article proposes to lay special emphasis on small shipbuilding that has the greatest growth potential, as a priority area for the development of the fisheries industry.

Strategic Priorities for the Development of State Corporations of the Russian Economy in Modern Conditions

The article deals with the functioning and development of large state corporations in the Russian economy. Including the matters of determining the strategic priorities of socio-economic development in the state as a whole their leading role within the formation of the corporate model of public sector in the modern Russian economy is justified. It is determined that each state corporation performs different functions in the economy, including reproduction, innovation, stabilization and the function of ensuring economic security. The paper highlights the shortcomings and imperfections of the institution of state corporations functioning determined by the peculiarities of their institutional status. Practical examples of participation of state corporations in the implementation of major national projects of the country are presented. It was revealed that the strategic development priorities of state corporations coincide and correlate with the development priorities of the state, thereby ensuring their participation in the implementation of state policy in a particular area. The analysis made it possible to highlight recommendations for improving the efficiency of state corporations and outline the prospects for their further existence and development in the modern Russian economy. The research results can be used to optimize the work of large corporate structures with state participation when developing strategic planning documents and determining the prospects for their long-term development.

STRATEGIC PLANNING OF THE UNITARY STATE IN CONDITIONS OF DECENTRALIZED BUDGETING

The purpose of the article is to deepen the scientific foundations of strategic planning using the provisions of the theory of purposeful reproduction and the principles of systematic methodology. In modern conditions in Ukraine there is an increase in financial self-sufficiency of regions with a simultaneous increase in social responsibility of the Center and Regions for the achievement of balanced and sustainable socio-economic development at different levels of management. The main objectives of the study were as follows: clarification of challenges and problems of strategic planning; disclosure of the essence and content of strategic planning in a unitary state; system classification of purposeful reproduction processes at different levels of management; rationale for the limits of budgetary centralism with budgetary federalism in the harmonious proportions of the "golden section"; defining the powers of Central and Regional authorities in the strategic planning of a sovereign state. The research methodology was based on the following methods: historical, dialectical, structural and functional, system analysis and synthesis, hypothetic and deductive, and logical modeling. The subject of the research is the scientific and methodological support of the justification of strategic objectives, priorities and indicators for planning long-term socio-economic development at the national and regional levels of management in terms of decentralized budgeting. The powers of the Central and Regional executive bodies are based on the provisions and principles of state formation on the basis of coordinated and synchronous interaction of purposeful reproductive processes. The execution of strategic planning processes and procedures by the Center and Regions under decentralized budgeting conditions determines those components of the development of a sovereign, independent, legal, social and unitary state, which are regulated by the volume and structure of the Consolidated State Budget. The establishment of proportions between the state and local budgets of Ukraine within the framework of the Consolidated Budget of the unitary state was carried out using the harmonious proportions of the "Golden Section", which ensures the balanced and systematic functioning of the Center and Regions as a dialectically separated unity. Conclusions. The main result of the study is a methodological approach to determining the competence of the Center and Regions in the strategic planning of socio-economic development on the basis of achieving coherence and synchrony of purposeful reproductive processes of different scales of market economy of the unitary Ukrainian state. The results of the study formed the basis of the scientific paradigm "Stable and sustainable socio-economic development for the Ukrainian people". Implementation. The methodological approach to the strategy of Regions and the Center for socio-economic development of the administrative region and the state as a whole was developed by the Khmelnytskyi Regional State Administration in 2015–2016. Strategic goals and priorities of socio-economic development of Luhansk and Donetsk regions were defined for 2014–2020 as an alternative to the Antiterrorist Operation (ATO), which was conducted from February to August 2014 in the Ukrainian Donbass.

Strategic priorities of balanced development of the forest sector of Podilsk economic region

The article presents generalized results of research on sustainable development of the forest sector. Approaches to the formation of the main priority measures in the management of the regional forest complex are substantiated. The key components of forestry complex management are analyzed. The main components of economic, environmental and social cooperation in the forest industry are considered. Priority measures for the development of the forest complex of the region to ensure balanced development are proposed. It is determined that the key stages to effective transformations in the forest sector should be coordination and cooperation between state and local forest authorities, the prospect of investment, greening of forestry production, preservation and restoration of forest plantations and unification of local communities. It is proved that in the formation of the strategy we should take into account the scale of activities, available resources, demand for their products, capacity and market segment, consumers and more. The implementation of the strategy should lead to the solution of economic, social, environmental aspects related to the development of sustainable development of the forest sector. The basis for the development of strategies is the need to move regional forest use from the actual starting point to the target. That is, it is related to the application of strategic analysis in order to determine the situation, such as: the current state of the forest sector in the general socio-ecological and economic space of the country or individual territory; external factors of space, on which the realization of the potential of forestry of the state or a certain territory depends; priority areas of balanced development of the country and the forest complex in particular. It has been determined that for effective actions of balanced development of the forest sector we need state stimulation of economic activity in the woodworking industry with added value; introduction of a new system of organization of forest protection and protection, prevention of illegal felling and circulation of illegally harvested timber; increase in carbon uptake and retention; adaptation of forests to climate change and the transition to naturefriendly methods of forestry with the formation of forests of natural composition and structure.

Selection of strategic priorities of development of regional spatial and sectoral structure

The article generalizes methodological approaches to creating a mechanism for selecting strategic priorities of development of regional spatial and sectoral structure. The author studies the tendencies of choosing priorities of development in accordance with the basic principles of sustainable development, “consensuses” of various types, “inclusive economics”, “stakeholder economics”, “donut economics”, “sharing economics”. The conclusion is that methodological approaches under consideration are a kind of reflection of sustainable development principles. They serve as a transitional stage to noospheric approach that reflects balancing of “interests of a human”, “interests of the nature” and “interests of technology”. The author applies to this conception to suggest a mechanism for selecting strategic priorities of development of regional spatial and sectoral structure. Such a mechanism for selecting strategic priorities of development is supposed to be a “bridge” for the transition to “noonomics” as a new stage of development.

Methodology of integrated land and water resources management

The problem of creating a methodology for integrated management of land and water resources as one of the important components of the methodology of sustainable development is considered. The existing methodological approaches to integrated land and water resources management are analyzed and their main shortcomings are revealed. The methodology of integrated land and water resources management is based on contour-reclamation and functional-cost management principles. Analogs of the first, contour-ameliorative, principle are chosen the basic provisions of contour-ameliorative agriculture and the basin principle of water resources management. This principle consists of the contour principle, according to which integrated land management is carried out in the contours of certain land plots, and water resources – in the contours of river basins or sub-basins, and reclamation principle, according to which integrated management is carried out by developing and implementing measures to improve social, environmental and economic indicators of land and water use, using the term "reclamation" in a broader sense (Latin melioratio – improvement). The functional-cost principle is chosen as the main principle of the methodology of integrated resource management. The foundations of scientific and methodological tools of integrated management of land and water resources in the form of algorithms of local, zonal and regional integrated management of land and water resources are laid. The obtained research results are recommended for research institutions, design and environmental organizations, as well as specialists who deal with the problem of identifying and implementing strategic priorities for sustainable development of land and water resources.

Strategic priorities of regional development and socially oriented non-profit organizations

Strategic priorities of regional development and socially oriented non-profit organizations

BUILDING INNOVATIVE FRAMEWORKS TO ENHANCE INTEGRATED BUSINESS STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The article presents the research findings on building innovative frameworks to enhance integrated business structure development in entrepreneurship. It is argued that integrated business structures that take into account the development trends and business activity rate to boost opportunities for the use of various organizational and legal management frameworks is the optimal management pattern to ensure entrepreneurship success. The study suggests that the specifics of business development strategy triggers the need to explore certain methodological aspects in management decision-making to boost integrated business structure activities. The article provides insights into specific features of innovative frameworks of integrated business structure development as well as identifies their structural elements. An emphasis is put that business structure performance is greatly affected by organizational, technical, financial, economic and operational business factors as well as the number of links in management chains. It is justified that in the context of selecting business structures, the integration goals and strategy are of critical importance. The study has identified the following structural elements of innovative frameworks to enhance integrated business structure development in entrepreneurship: providing targeted operational control in the areas of management; implementing strategic, systemic and tactical principles in the management process, ensuring optimal development of all business components subject to its key structural elements; type of organizational and legal business pattern; capital type and structure of integrating business structures; the model of financial arrangement and business interaction between the participants; management paradigm; the type of control; the degree of integration; the strategic priorities in business development.

Транспортная система Ростовской области: инфраструктурные ограничения и перспективы развития

The road network congestion is a serious infrastructure constraint on the development of Rostov region. Municipalities that have access to high-quality infrastructure have more prospects for social and economic development. The main limitations in the transport infrastructure are the mismatch between the technical parameters of roads and the existing traffic intensity, traffic congestion in the Rostov agglomeration. These problems lead to traffic delays, transport collapses, as well as a decrease in speed, which entails significant social and economic losses. Strategic priorities of regional development include expansion of a number of roads that provides transshipment, cargo processing and passenger traffic within the boundaries of the Rostov transport hub. There is a weak market competitiveness of railway transport in transportation services market. In addition, a serious infrastructure limitation of railway transport is the low capacity of individual road sections. Currently, there is an imbalance in the development of municipalities. The Rostov agglomeration attracts the population from the outskirts of the region, which leads to an unbalanced development of the territories. The low level of infrastructure provision in the Eastern and South-Eastern districts of the region is a constraining factor that slows down social and economic development. It is shown that inter-municipal differences in the levels of economic activity are influenced by the provision of territories with roads with improved pavement and investments in fixed assets made by organizations located in the municipality. It is required to carry out comprehensive work on the construction and further development of infrastructure facilities that meet modern standards to reduce the differentiation of the regional space in terms of population size, standard of living and quality of life.

REGIONAL MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS PROCESSES IN THE CONDITIONS OF DECENTRALIZATION OF POWER IN UKRAINE

Introduction. Territorial competitiveness management is currently recognized as one of the main factors in the competitive development of the national economy. The problems of ensuring the competitiveness of territories become especially relevant in the context of decentralization, the main purpose of which is to create effective, functional and financially self-sustaining territorial communities capable of ensuring a decent standard of living. Each territory has its own competitive advantages, which, provided the application of effective management mechanisms will help increase the competitiveness of the business located in these areas. The aim of the article is the process of regional management of business processes in the context of decentralization of power in Ukraine. Results. In the context of decentralization, the main goal and, at the same time, an important applied problem of regional development is the search for the most optimal business-oriented models of economic development of regions (territories) and tools to ensure their viability. The experience of developed economies shows that at the initial stage of formation (modernization, adaptation) of a competitive business model of territorial development an important task is to find key "growth points" and stimulate their development to ensure economic and social stability of regional systems in the medium term. basic conditions for a gradual transition to innovation-oriented competitive systems. Conclusions. In order to improve regional strategies and optimize business models for the development of regions and individual administrative-territorial entities, a model for assessing the region's sectoral priorities in the medium term is proposed, based on assessing the economic and social potential of industries or individual economic activities. territories, strategic priorities of business development and corresponding strategies of their support. Keywords: business processes, business, national features, regional features, regional management.

Areas of small business development in Ukraine in the conditions of European integration

The relevance of the subject of this study is due to the situation and negative trends in Ukrainian small business, the importance and number of this type of business entities, and institutional constraints on business activities, which requires increasing its effectiveness and efficiency through sustainable development. The purpose of the paper is to develop theoretical-methodological foundations, scientific-methodical and practical recommendations for the development of small business in Ukraine. To obtain specific scientific results both general scientific and specific methods of study were used: a complex of economic-statistical and economic-mathematical methods of analysis and modeling. The state and tendencies of development of national small business were analyzed. Based on the obtained results the comparative analysis of specifics of small business in Ukraine was carried out. The strategic priorities of small business development of Ukraine were substantiated, which observance will promote growth of national economy and will allow to clearly identify necessary areas of support for small business entities in the course of development and implementation of programs of development of small business at various levels of management. The basis for the development of national and regional strategies for small business development should be not only regulatory and legal support, but also previous positive experience, in particular, on the implementation of strategic projects for small business development in leading European countries, regions and separate cities. The fact that in Ukraine small business is not yet given due attention, there is no clear concept and in fact the declared strategy of its development is not implemented, proves the need to develop small business and reflect this in the development of a strategy.

Legal regime regulating the laying and protection of submarine cables in the Republic of Croatia

One of the strategic development priorities of the Republic of Croatia is the development and construction of a modern telecommunications network and the availability of high-speed Internet throughout its territory, especially in rural areas and on islands. To enable this, it is important to build a reliable and resilient communication infrastructure. With the cooperation of all stakeholders in the construction, from telecom operators to local and state administrations responsible for the maritime demesne, and with efficient legislation, it is possible to achieve sustainable development of submarine cable infrastructure. The paper provides an overview of the legal aspects of submarine optical cable infrastructure design and application at the national and international levels. Special attention is dedicated to the analysis of a national legal regime regulating the protection and sustainable use of submarine cables. Thus, the authors will provide critical analysis of a kind of dualism present in the application of the Ordinance on the Register of Concessions and the Ordinance on the Register of Concessions on the Maritime Demesne and offer suggestions for potential improvements of a national legal framework pertaining to the right of laying and legally protecting submarine cables.