ABSTRACTS
Polterovich V.M. Privatization and
the
Rational Ownership Structure. Part 1. Privatization: the Problem of
Efficiency. // Economics of
contemporary Russia 2012. ¹4
(59) Ñ.1-7.
The paper considers
the problem of public sector governance, aimed to rationalize the
structure of
ownership in an economy. The first part of the paper includes a brief
overview
of the theory of privatization. Arguments of supporters and opponents
of
privatization are compared with the results of privatization campaigns
in developing countries as well as in developed ones, including their
recent and
past experience. The costs and possible benefits of privatization are
analyzed,
focusing on the current Russian conditions. The analysis suggests that
these
costs and benefits depend on the quality of state governance and the
quality of
market; the efficiency of privatization increases in both variables.
Negative
influence of privatization campaigns on both, enterprise efficiency and
economic growth, is observed in developing countries more often than in
developed ones. Thus, the decisions on privatization have to be
considered in
the context of a more general problem, that is of finding a rational
property
structure in an economy.
Keywords: Sappington–Stiglitz
theorem,
transformation cost, state governance quality, market quality, rational
ownership
structure.
Dementiev
V.E. Investment Points for
Dating Long Waves in the Economic Development. // Economics of
contemporary Russia 2012.
¹4
(59) Ñ.8-23.
The article presents a brief review of
studies of long waves of economic development. It is proved that the
dating of
these waves should be based on parameters that characterize the
introduction of
new technologies in production and structural changes in the investment
field.
The ratio of the life cycles and long waves of technological structures
is
analyzed. Investment originality of different phases that make up the
life
cycle of a long wave is shown.
Keywords: long
waves, general purpose
technology, investment, innovation.
Panov S.A., Ragulski A.D. Concerning
One
Approach to the Problem of Consumer Behaviour and Preference Relations. // Economics of
contemporary Russia 2012. ¹4
(59) Ñ.24-41.
The paper considers the concept of a man
as an economic system element according to different schools of thought
at
various stages of economics formation.We consider the concept of
«utility» in
general context, its emergence and transformation. From the measurement
theory
perspective we prove the possibility of using «cardinal utility» to
study the
consumer’s behavior. Besides, we consider the framework of the
psychological
attitude theory as a methodological basis of the further development of
the
utility theory.
Keywords: utility
theory, cardinalizm,
ordinalizm, theory of measurements, theory of psychological attitude.
Belkin V.D., Storozenko V.F. From
«Bad»
and a «Very Bad» Forecast to a Normal Economy. // Economics of
contemporary Russia 2012. ¹4
(59) Ñ.42-51.
The
article contains some criticism of
forecasts for economic development of Russia, examples of surviving the
crises
in the history of foreign states, based on the consumer market. The
main
disadvantages of forming and distributing the budget, – corruption,
militarization, expenses connected with superprojects, are considered.
The conditions
for improving the investment climate are proposed.
Keywords: budget
structure,
over-expenditures, corruption, militarization, investment climate.
Fridman A.A. Phenomena of the
World Market
for Rough Diamonds. // Economics
of
contemporary Russia 2012. ¹4
(59) Ñ.52-90.
The world market for rough diamonds in the
XXth century was a unique example of classic monopolistic
structure
headed by De Beers, which was usually referred to in any textbook on
microeconomics as an example in this sense. However, at the end of XXth
century, due to a number of various events, this market has
demonstrated a
clear evolution towards more competitiveness, while De Beers has
declared
itself the market leader, rather than the guardian of the sector. At
the same
time, the world market for diamonds and its extended version – the
global
market for rough and polished diamonds, – is characterized by several
phenomena. The present paper is devoted to the identification and the
analysis
of these phenomena.
Keywords: Natural
and synthetic rough
diamonds, the market for rough diamonds, phenomena, Kimberley process
(KP),
statistics of KP, Indian cut, China as the monopolist of synthetics.
Ptuskin
A.S., Levner E.V. An Entropy-Based
Approach to Simplifying the Supply Chain Structure for the Selection of
Strategic Risk-Mitigating Decisions. // Economics of
contemporary Russia 2012. ¹4
(59) Ñ.91-97.
The paper considers a problem of
simplifying the structure of the supply chain required for the
selection of
risk-minimizing strategic decisions. The Shannon entropy is used to
measure the
information value of subsystems of the complex supply chains. A
computational
procedure is proposed to reduce the dimension of the model structure of
the
supply chain without a significant loss of information concerning the
faults
and failures, their causes and economic consequences.
Keywords: supply
chain management, risks,
entropy, information value.
Arkhipov
K.V. Model of Cost Optimization
of the Production Deployment from the Head Office of the Company to Its
Subsidiary. // Economics
of
contemporary Russia 2012. ¹4
(59) Ñ.98-109.
The article covers modeling the processes
of the supply chains from the head office of a trade company to its
subsidiary
using the theory of optimal control.
We consider the market of alcohol where
logistic expenses are a huge contribution into the final cost for the
ultimate
consumer. As a result of applying the model, an optimal plan of
deployments to
the subsidiary based on the forecast of demand for the production and
the
schedule of changing the capacity of warehouse were constructed.
Keywords: logistics,
supply chain,
logistic processes optimization.
Zhdanov D.A. Inter-Agent Relations
and the
Organizational Structure of Corporation. // Economics of
contemporary Russia 2012. ¹4
(59) Ñ.1-7.
Improving the structure of modern domestic
companies is connected with the establishment of productive inter-agent
relations and the practice of interaction between business owners and
their
top-managers. The article presents the results of surveys of
top-managers,
studying at the Russian Presidential Academy, aimed at examining the
nature of
such relationships in Russian companies. On the basis of the research a
model
description of the selected dependencies is proposed, the
recommendations on
management selection and rationalizing the organizational structure of
corporations of holding kind are provided.
Keywords: corporate
relations, inter-agent
relations, selection and recruitment of top-managers, their
qualification,
loyalty and utility of managers, modeling, the corporate structure.
Imanov K.D., Akperov R.M.
Estimation of
the Indices of Quality of Social and Economic Systems Using the Unclear
Logics. // Economics of
contemporary Russia 2012. ¹4
(59) Ñ.1-7.
The social system, subsystems
of which
are: economic, social, political, spiritual and nature environments,
and the
economic system are studied.When constructing an unclear model of the
social
system the statistical data of several international organizations, as
well as
those of the Azerbaijan Republic and the views of experts of different
specialties were used. To specify the level of quality of social and
economic
systems the method of index calculating is provided.
Keywords: social
system, economic system,
unclear logics.
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