Emerging countries like India, China and Russia who are under pressure to contribute to a mandatory mitigation regime in the forthcoming climate protocol also view the issue of financing as crucial to their future role in ensuring a low carbon pathway of growth. Whether they contribute to the...

This paper analyzes models of equity valuation which are based on accounting data of equity book value, net income, and residual earnings. Research is focused on the problem of validity of different analytical models which is defined by the ability of a model to produce fundamental valuations...

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 paper is the first to analyze importance of monitoring costs in real options analysis. Monitoring costs, in this context, are tied to the process of making key investment or management decisions. Monitoring costs differ from previously considered types of frictions, as they make it optimal...

Pricing strategies in multi-sided platforms are a considerably interesting object of research due to the complexity of pricing for different sides of the platform and due to the presence of network externalities. The paper analyzes the current state of the art of research of the factors lying in...

In this paper the approaches to relationships system formation are considered. As a result of the analysis of existing relationship portfolio models the criteria for relationship portfolio formation are developed and the integrated model for relationship portfolio formation is presented....

This paper is devoted to the issue of the role of human capital in developing national competitiveness of BRIC countries. The authors analyze the basic concepts (human capital, human potential, national competitiveness). The article puts forward a hypothesis about the interrelation between the...

The paper is devoted to the influence of the social networks on entrance to foreign markets of Russian entrepreneurial firms. Although the majority of researchers assume that social networks play a key role in the process of internationalization of small and medium enterprises, the authors made...

Demand by growing ownerrun SMEs for specialized management knowledge is resolved primarily through the separation of ownership and control, using top management labor market and agency contracts. Under certain environmental institutional conditions, owners of Russian SMEs face difficulties...

The transition to a knowledge economy is changing the nature of organizations and staff working for them. Focused on the creation, preservation and reproduction of knowledge companies increasingly rely on knowledge workers. Qualitative changes in the internal environment of organizations and...