Issues of the estimation of structural changes’ eff iciency in the Russian economy are considered in the Paper. The value and  technological productivity are offered for  this purpose. The  impact of  the main kinds of  economic activity and external trade and monetary shocks on the productivity and dynamic of the Russian economy is estimated.

This paper suggests new macroeconomic model describing interaction between public and private sectors conditioned on the presence of the shadow economy in the system. We reviewed major causes for the growth of shadow economy, role of the public sector in this process. We also related tax burden and quality of provided public sector services with the size of shadow economy. We conclude with discussing reasons  for a low estimated share of a shadow economy in certain countries with high tax burdens.

Questions related to creation of a mechanism for sustainable development of a company are discussed. By «sustainable development of a company» is meant such mode of operation under which, unconditionally, plans of the company are completed due to implementation on a regular basis of the following measures: (а) prevention, discovery and neutralization of threats for implementation of the plan; (b) maximally fast liquidation of diversions from the plan initiated by these threats. Organizational sub-system of the company which operates to support its sustainable development is called in this article «mechanism of sustainable development». Such operations are performed by a group of people who work according to accepted program. A methodological approach to creating a mechanism of sustainable growth is introduced.

Prevalent in the world approaches to appraisal of large-scale investment projects aimed at construction of transport systems are considered. This part of the article discusses  the multi-criteria and macroeconomic evaluations. The issues of ex-post analysis are discussed as well.

Conceptual complexity of estimation of organizational culture is considered. The techniques of research of administrative and enterprise cultures are proved unfairly identical to techniques of research of organizational culture. Existing approaches to research of organizational  culture are analyzed, author's vision of  all-round and fullest studying of culture of the organization of business concerns is offered.

The article deals with strategic management of companies’ innovation processes. The concepts of product innovation and technology strategy are defined. Approaches to the classification of companies’ innovation strategies are given, factors and conditions for their development are analyzed. A framework for developing innovation strategy based on adapted to the domain methods and tools of strategic management is offered.

The methods of modeling behavior of oil price used in real options valuation are reviewed. The opportunity of using future prices from different forecasts of development, designed by specialists from institute of energy strategy are discussed. Practical using of described methods is considered, the results of evaluation oil and gas field in Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) are presented.

Environmental audit is the important tool of the system of ecological safety of every country including Russia. However, the potential of environmental audit is not fully realized because of gaps in standard-legal base and absence of the consistent policy of the government.

The article is devoted to the problems of the securities market development in the countries with transition economy. The article studies the main indicators of the securities market in the countries with transition economy. Comparative analysis of the securities market performance in the countries with transition economy and developed markets is made, identifying key issues and suggesting ways for the securities market development in countries with transition economy.

In article are considered substantial and methodical questions of identification clusters «from above». The methodical approach to revealing reference of clusters to Russia, combining industrial and spatial aspects is offered.

This article deals with the nature and content of the «holding». Selected problem is actual, because there is no correct understanding of this category at the present time. Based on analysis of the regulatory framework, the views of different authors and practices are formulated the recommendations to create a legal foundation and the definitions to meet the requirements of time.

Main problem in determining the level of innovation development of the region is the lack of evidence-based necessary and sufficient number of indicators to assess the impact of regional innovation processes. This article discusses methods of assessing the level of innovation development of the region, based on the calculation of the generalized indicator of potential and actual level of innovation development.

The author of article starts with that, in the conditions of competition strengthening between university the problem of search of new sources of increase of competitiveness of high school is staticized. As one of such sources the author names extra-curricular activities in university participation of students which promotes their development professional, social and personal skills, graduates raising competitiveness on a labor-market. In article results of the researches spent by the author regarding the analysis and an estimation of competitiveness of extra-curricular activity in educational institutions of the higher vocational training are partially published.