Transformation Processes of the Corporate Development in Russia: Social Responsibility Issues

The financial and economic crisis made visible the level of readiness to changes in the different types of organizations throughout the world and Russia. The variation of social and economic programs implemented by governmental and corporate sectors is widely seen; not all of them work positively for population, especially in the emerging markets countries. In the same time 20 years of the market economy in Russia, for instance, have definitely built a new social and economic system; but has Russia changed fundamentally in the management techniques? The presented paper generalizes some trends of the corporate development in Russia in the context of social responsibility and socio-economic transformation. The author attempts to define the place of Russia on the world map of corporate social responsibility. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York

Effects of virtual and augmented reality technologies on the global economy

This research is aimed to study relatively new virtual and augmented reality technologies to understand how the global economy can benefits from these disruptive technologies. Paper provides an estimation of the possible economic impact worldwide for the retail e-commerce industry associated with augmented reality technology for 2021-2024

Optimisation model for industrial complex competitiveness: A path to sustainable innovation process

Business entities of all forms and origin face the necessity to foster new management approaches in order to promote its excellence. Sustainability is a key issue for organisations nowadays as they increasingly acknowledge that their practices have social and/or environmental consequences. Multi-stakeholder systems such as industrial complexes/clusters seek to raise competitiveness by integrating new innovative business models and appropriate responsibility in various fields of operations. These managerial technologies require a novel outlook at the optimisation model of the numerous competitive forces and its evaluation. In light of this, it is imperative that new methodologies and frameworks to facilitate the understanding of sustainability concepts in the business environment are to be developed as innovation approach. The framework suggested in the paper helps to outline guidelines on evaluating the nature and process of innovative and sustainable competitive strategy considering many indicators influencing industrial complexes and its environment. Copyright © 2016 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd

Sme`s perception of social responsibility in the Sverdlovsk region

The stability and quality of life largely depend on the competent sustainable co-development system that unites government, business and society. Nowadays the society calls for not only advanced economic results, but also for significant advances in social values. Awareness of the importance of business in the social sphere is mostly described by the concept of corporate social responsibility. Nowadays large companies both in Russia and abroad are actively implementing the principles of social responsibility. However, corporate responsibility in small-sized enterprises is still a highly controversial issue. The relevance of the research topic is determined by the need to find a balance between the growing public interest and social, environmental and economic opportunities that small businesses can provide to their employees, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders. The absence of sufficient research of socially responsible enterprises in Russia makes the study of current interest, especially amid the crisis. The article presents the results of a study evaluating the perception of social responsibility by stakeholders. In the study, management relations in the sphere of social responsibility of small businesses are reviewed and formalized. The authors attempted to develop a general model of perception and effectiveness of the social responsibility of small business in Sverdlovsk region. The findings are based on a survey of students, as future relevant stakeholders, and on in-depth interviews conducted with representatives of small-sized businesses. The implications of the study for management are based on the terms of implementation of social responsibility principles by small businesses. More specifically, this research offers concrete recommendations for business leaders and managers.Стабильность и качество жизни во многом зависит от грамотной системы устойчивого соразвития власти, бизнеса и гражданского общества. На современном этапе общество ожидает от организаций не столько высоких экономических результатов, но также существенных достижений в решении социальных задач общества. Осознание зрелости бизнеса в социальной сфере традиционно описывается понятием корпоративной социальной ответственности. Современные крупные компании как зарубежные, так и российские активно внедряют в бизнес-процессы принципы корпоративной социальной ответственности: активно участвуют в социальной жизни общества, внешних и внутренних стейкхолдеров, занимаются экологическими проблемами. Однако до сих пор малоизученным вопросом остается практика применения социальной ответственности в малом бизнесе. Значимость такого направления исследования определена необходимостью поиска баланса между растущими интересами общества и теми социальными, экологическими и экономическими возможностями, которые могут дать предприятия малого бизнеса работникам, клиентам, поставщикам и другим заинтересованным сторонам. Недостаточная изученность мотивов социальной ответственности малого бизнеса в России предопределяет высокую актуальность исследования, особенно в период кризиса. В статье представлены результаты исследования оценки восприятия социальной ответственности выборкой наиболее значимых заинтересованных сторон. В рамках исследования изучены и формализованы управленческие отношения в сфере социальной ответственности малого бизнеса. Авторами предпринята попытка формализовать взаимосвязь и разработать обобщенную модель восприятия и результативности социальной ответственности малого бизнеса Свердловской области, выявляя ключевые индикаторы результативности. Результаты основаны на анкетировании выборки студентов крупнейших вузов города Екатеринбурга как будущих значимых стейкхолдеров, а также на основании глубинных интервью, проведенных с представителями малого бизнеса Свердловской области. Практическая значимость результатов исследования заключается в формализации подходов к условиям реализации принципов социальной ответственности субъектами малого бизнеса. В частности, с управленческой точки зрения настоящее исследование предлагает конкретные рекомендации для руководителей бизнеса

The role of universities in the Smart City innovation: Multistakeholder integration and engagement perspectives

During the past decades cities may have finally shaped the demand for “smart” and sustainable innovations calling for deep stakeholders' integration and engagement within Smart City Projects (SCPs). In this context, Universities are often involved with different tasks, but their stakeholder engagement and integrator role is still unclear. This paper aims to fulfill this gap on the role of Universities in SCPs utilising bottom-up collected quantitative and qualitative data. We found positive trend in University integrator role applying a mixed two-step methodology based on online survey of University students and interviews with decision-making stakeholders involved in SCPs (business, state, entrepreneurs and academia) in Italy and Russia. Our findings suggest significant new insights useful to reapply the mediating role of Universities and to highlight some newly arising opportunities in stakeholder engagement. At the same time, we propose related practical implications in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation defining further directions under the lens of multistakeholder management. © 2018 Elsevier Inc

FEATURES OF THE FORMATION OF PRODUCTIVITY AND ADAPTIVE REACTIONS IN LEGUMINOUS CROP VARIETIES WITH RECESSIVE ALLELES OF GENES

Researches were carried out on varieties, hybrids, isogenic lines and mutants of peas of various use developed from the beginning of the 1980s up to 2013. Experimental material was investigated under field conditions in the collection, hybridization and breeding nurseries as well as in the process of competitive variety testing in Orel Province. It is shown that one or several recessive alleles of the genes introduced into the genotypes of new varieties of grain, fodder and vegetable peas, blue lupin and soybean can influence the changees in a great number of morphological and physiological parameters determining plant growth, development and also characteristics in the system of yield formation. Reduction of leaf area in leafless pea varieties and lupin varietitts with limited branching is connected with the weakening of root system growth, which is caused by trophic interaction between these organs

Calculating fire resistance of non-standard crosssections of elements of reinforced concrete structures using the ANSYS Software Complex

В работе рассмотрены основные элементы монолитных железобетонных конструкций: плиты, балки и колонны, для которых исследовано поведение под воздействием температуры стандартного пожара. В качестве примера взяты конструкции Международного Медицинского Центра по адресу г. Москва, Западный округ, территория Инновационного Центра «Сколково». Расчет конструкций производился в программном комплексе Ansys Workbench. По результатам теплотехнического расчета построены графики распределения температуры по высоте сечения элементов в зависимости от времени нагрева и предложена оценка огнестойкости на основе критерия потери теплоизолирующих свойств.The article considers main elements of cast-in-place reinforced concrete structures: slabs, beams and columns. Their behavior under temperature conditions of a standard fire has been studied. As an example structures of the International Medical Center in Moscow, Western District, the territory of the Innovation Center "Skolkovo" were considered. The software ANSYS Workbench was used for calculation of structures. According to the results of the thermo technical calculation, graphs of temperature distribution over the section height of the elements as a function of heating time are plotted and an assessment of fire resistance based on the criterion of loss of heat-insulating properties is proposed

Faraday rotation spectra of bismuth-substituted ferrite garnet films with in-plane magnetization

Single crystalline films of bismuth-substituted ferrite garnets have been synthesized by the liquid phase epitaxy method where GGG substrates are dipped into the flux. The growth parameters are controlled to obtain films with in-plane magnetization and virtually no domain activity, which makes them excellently suited for magnetooptic imaging. The Faraday rotation spectra were measured across the visible range of wavelengths. To interprete the spectra we present a simple model based on the existence of two optical transitions of diamagnetic character, one tetrahedral and one octahedral. We find excellent agreement between the model and our experimental results for photon energies between 1.77 and 2.53 eV, corresponding to wavelengths between 700 and 490 nm. It is shown that the Faraday rotation changes significantly with the amount of substituted gallium and bismuth. Furthermore, the experimental results suggest that the magnetooptic response changes linearly with the bismuth substitution.Comment: 15 pages, 6 figures, published in Phys. Rev.