In this paper we review directions and approaches to the analysis of innovation in the public sector to show the complexity and diversity of the studied phenomenon. Determination of the instruments of state policy, promoting the comprehensive development of public sector innovations, should be...

This working paper presents methodology for benchmarking infrastructural sectors with power supply model as an example. The paper shows some benchmarks for analysis of power supply efficiency and effectiveness dynamics concerned with the industry reforming. These benchmarks characterize the...

The paper demonstrates how the Randomized Aggregated Indices Method (RAIM) can be applied for the purpose of quality measurement (safety, efficiency, effectiveness, etc.) in case of the complex units in electricity sector. Particularly, RAIM is used for efficiency assessment of activities...

Game-theory approach is widely used in investigations of controlled systems in different fields of management. This is due to the universality of the games theory techniques and, in particular, principles of optimality. Implementation of an optimality principle in a game gains the optimal...

In this paper we attempt to classify Russian journals in economics and related disciplines for their scientific significance. We show that currently used criteria, such as a journal's presence in the Higher Attestation Committee's list of journals and the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI)...

The objective of this research is to test multifaceted measurement of the innovation activities of companies based on “Innovation Radar†methodology. The authors conducted both qualitative and quantitative studies: first, the methodology was assessed during fifteen in-depth interviews...

The results of survey of specific sets of deliberate intra-firm activities called intra-firm orientations are discussed. The authors distinguish between entrepreneurial orientation, change orientation and knowledge orientation. Factor analysis and structure equation modelling methods are used to...

The research provides a comprehensive review of research on outsourcing from a variety of research domains and traditions. The received perspective on explaining outsourcing of transaction cost economics is supplemented fi rst with the resource-based view of the fi rm and second with the...

The article examines the optimal production output decisions problem in case of shift work and import opportunities over finite and infinite horizons in case the firm does not know the exact demand (informational uncertainty of demand). We develop the optimal production output strategy, which...

Contemporary literature posits that knowledge workers differ significantly from other employees by their structure of motives. However, there are too few empirical studies to support this idea. This paper presents results of an empirical study aimed to discover what motives are most important...