The paper shows the special features which regional governing systems have due to an «oil-and-gas» orientation of their economies. We applied the modern approaches and algorithms of analysis and strategic decision-making, such as the simulation models and situation analysis, to study the key...

The paper considers theoretical issues and methodical approaches of what would be the research and information tools, how they could be built and applied to a regional strategic decision-making system. We present a case-study concerning the situation analysis of the issues of the long-term...

The specificity of oil and gas regions presumes a special approach to their development. Managerial decisions must be supported by arguments of rational development of nature and by special methods and instruments justifying these decisions, while in the long-term decisions for such regions it...

Russia is far from the top place in the world among industrial countries in production and consumption of polymers and other types of chemical products. Why is chemistry in our country unable to develop as fast as, for example, in China? We are moving forward at a rate that is hardly more than...