The stability of any country’s economic situation is one of the reasons accelerating its economic development. In turn, the relatively stable and predictable price growth rate leads to the stabilisation of the national economy. Economic stability allows companies to plan their activities for a lengthy period and make investments with high paybacks. In this regard, the Central banks of many countries pursue a policy of controlling inflation. However, such measures of state governance often lead to increased interest rates and constrained availability of loans for final borrowers. This raises the problem of estimating the positive effect of disinflation. The present article partially addresses this issue, considering the impact of the price growth rate on Russia’s GDP. The study aims to estimate the losses of the domestic GDP caused by inflation processes in the period from 2013 to 2021. To achieve this goal, the statistics for the specified period by Russian regions were collected; in addition, the econometric toolkit based on panel data was used. In particular, several models with fixed effects were constructed and classified by region and time. The research results show that moderate inflation (less than 4% per year) has no impact on the GDP growth rate in Russia. At the same time, an acceleration of inflation to 10% and above (as it was registered in 2014­2015) can lead to a slowdown in Russia’s economic growth by more than one percentage point.

Oil service industry plays an important part in energy security control in Russia. Despite industry development, there is a number of problems resulted from the processes of import substitution, engineering transformation, and increased competition in oil service market that causes the necessity of continuous analysis of financial conditions and development prospects. To reveal the key trends, opportunities, and risks in the condition of technological sovereignty, the research is performed, which is based on the financial report analysis of Russian independent oil service companies and their subsidiaries, vertically integrated oil companies performing services in drilling. The purpose of this research is to comparatively analyze the investment triad – range of activity, revenue, and tax load. The research hypothesis suggests that in the investment triad an increase in tax load is evened by the activity range, whereas reduction of investment potential enhances the mechanisms directed at consolidation of industry in different variations. The research relevance consists in establishing general trends and factors having a differential effect on company financial stability and investment potential. The research methods are based on application of mathematical-economic techniques of financial invoice taken from companies’ annual reports. The research hypothesis is supported, which is an indirect trigger of merging and takeovers of oil service companies as well as by new interaction mechanisms aimed at solution of industrial and state problems and extension of investment potential. Thus, there is a growing necessity of improving state tax policy taking into account the range and geographical-climatic condition of oil service activity.

Air pollution has a negative impact on public health, therefore, it poses a threat to national economic security. The purpose of this work is to study the problem of air pollution in the Siberian Federal District, to analyze its impact on public health and to propose possible solutions. To do this, the following tasks were solved: firstly, the sources, degree of danger and the main consequences of the impact of air pollution on public health were considered; secondly, the specifics of the ecosystem of the Siberian Federal District and the economic situation of the region were studied in order to identify the factors economy’s influencing on the environment; thirdly, an analysis of the impact of air pollution on human health was made based on statistical indicators and some measures were proposed to solve this problem. Research methods such as synthesis, comparison, systems approach and econometric analysis were used to solve the tasks set. It is concluded that air pollution leads to deterioration of health, appearing itself through an increase in mortality. Some measures have been proposed to improve the situation: to reduce the volume of emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere and maintain public health, it is necessary to introduce energy-saving technologies into production, to develop modern systems for capturing atmospheric pollution and monitoring the state of the atmosphere, to develop and maintain civil responsibility and initiative in order to preserve the environment, as well as improving legal norms in legislation relating to the protection of atmospheric air.

At the moment, there is a high degree of differentiation in the level of gasification between the subjects of the country: the gasification level of the Far Eastern Federal District was 23.9 % in 2023, while the central regions were gasified at the level of 80–90 %. One of the main limitations of gasification in the Far Eastern regions is an underdeveloped transport and logistics system, and investments are needed to solve this problem. In this regard, it is necessary to estimate the required amount of investments. The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology for evaluating investments in the formation of a regional transport and logistics system for gasification purposes. The paper describes the current state of the transport and logistics system of the Far Eastern Federal District, and identifies the factors hindering its development. An algorithm for evaluating investments in the formation of the region’s transport and logistics system for gasification purposes has been developed. A methodology for estimating the standards of costs in the formation of the transport and logistics system of the region is proposed for determining and evaluating the physical parameters of the transport and logistics system of the region. Based on the calculated indicators, the volume of necessary investments in the transport and logistics system of the Far Eastern Federal District for gasification purposes was determined, while it was revealed that the largest amount of financing would be required for the construction of inter-settlement gas pipelines. Among the regions, the largest amount of investment will be required in the infrastructure of Primorsky Krai, which is explained by the large population and the number of non-gasified settlements.

The construction industry is one of the fundamental sectors in the national economy, creating a material basis for the development of other sectors of the economy. At the same time, the quality, quantity, and timeliness of commissioning of construction projects determine the continuity of development of the economy as a whole. Regional differentiation in the functioning of the industry in Russia and within the Volga Federal District is obvious against the backdrop of numerous factors influencing this. To prove this fact, the study carried out clustering of the district’s subjects, built models, and also carried out a comparative analysis of data on the formed groups. As a result of the assessment and selection of significant indicators that have the greatest impact on the amount of work performed, a correlation and regression analysis was carried out and the direction of the relationship between the resulting and dependent variables was determined, on the basis of which, based on the identified competitive advantages of the Orenburg region compared to other regions, its specialization and business conditions, a set of measures has been developed to increase the efficiency of development of the construction industry in the region.

Being a driver of the development of society, the education system should ensure the process of formation of digital competencies of participants in educational relations through the active integration of modern technologies into the organization of educational activities, as well as activities for the management of educational organizations based on data analysis in information systems. The integration of information technologies into the organization of the educational process is an integral part of the development of modern society. The purpose of the study is to provide a description of the model of the digital profile of the region’s education system. The analysis of regulatory legal acts regulating the use of digital tools and services in the process of organizing educational activities is carried out. Digital tools and services and their application practices in the education system have been studied. The presented research shows the need to build a unified information space for the region’s education system and consolidate at the federal level the right to transfer and use information within the regional information circuit, regardless of the level of education. Results A model of the digital profile of the region’s education system is presented, which makes it possible to build a personalized learning trajectory based on the analysis of data stored in various information systems in the field of education.

This study is devoted to the construction of a synthetic indicator of well-being taking into account the moral aspect. The moral aspect is interpreted in the context of the ethics of vices, as a cultural phenom­enon, based on the system of seven deadly sins. Since the vices distort preferences, changing the system of moral coordinates, so the ethics of vices is a relevant concept for a deeper understanding of human motivations. The proposed methodology allows us to consider deadly sins not only as individual deviation from the vector of religious and moral cultural identity, reworked in the form of non-cooperative social behavior, which has economic consequences measured by the level of well-being. The well-being indi­cator is built in accordance with modern methodological trends in calculating composite indices, based on the characteristics available for observation integrated into a single summary indicator, relevant to the specifics of the seven deadly sins. It allows us to obtain total spatial patterns of moral-based cultural identity, as well as partial indicators structured by individual conceptual dimensions to identify the contri­bution of each vice in order to describe the territorial subjects of the Russian Federation well-being. It was The ranking of regions is based on the level of well-being, reflecting the moral aspect of Russian society. Cartograms illustrating the differentiation of regions by moral characteristics and problem areas requiring targeted socio-economic policy measures have been constructed.

The relevance of the topic is due to the central role of entrepreneurship in the market economy, along with the insufficient degree of elaboration of the topic of the essence of entrepreneurship itself. At present, entrepreneurial theories among the classics of economic thought can be divided into 3 entrepreneurial schools, each of which associates entrepreneurship with different content: operational management and marketing activities, reproduction of innovations or the ability to notice opportunities. The purpose of this article is to summarize the approaches to defining the essence of entrepreneurship from the standpoint of human capital theory. To achieve this goal, a special inductive method of F. Bacon was used in the study, which made it possible to correlate the views of the classics with modern forms of entrepreneurship. At the same time, theoretical models of entrepreneurship were built, describing in detail the components of the essence. The conclusion obtained is consistent with the position of each entrepreneurial school and is confirmed by an empirical study previously conducted by the author. Also in this article an idealized model of comparison of businesses of higher and lower entrepreneurs was constructed and the conclusion was obtained that the measure of entrepreneurship in business management is the efficiency of activities, a number of indicators were given by which one can judge the degree of entrepreneurship in a manager.

The relevance of the topic of the article is due to the need for fundamental changes in the field of manage­ment of domestic universities, both on the part of the state and on the part of internal management. The new paradigm of university management should correspond to the emerging model of the national econ­omy in Russia and the demands of civil society, which is feasible only if the basic principles of university management are fully implemented, including university autonomy, job security, academic freedom and intra-university democracy. The implementation of these principles is connected, in turn, with cardinal changes in the relationship between the state and universities, on the one hand, between the university management and the teaching staff (teaching staff), on the other. This is due to the fact that most of the negative phenomena in university management have come from the unproductive state policy in the field of education. The main idea of the article is based on the analysis of scientific publications and long–term observations of the author to identify the “pain points” of the existing paradigm of university management and propose ways to overcome them. In particular, it was revealed that the regular underfunding of universities in re­cent decades (especially regional ones), the global commercialization of the higher education system with a simultaneous decrease in its quality, and adherence to the concept of university manageralism led to the destruction of traditional academic values, primarily academic freedoms and intra-university democracy. In the context of the aggravation of the international situation, the problem of a shortage of highly quali­fied personnel and the urgency of accelerating the innovative development of the country, it is extremely important to introduce as soon as possible a paradigm of university management adequate to the goals and objectives facing them. The foundation of the new concept of university management should be made up of academic principles and values that have been displaced from the field of education by the so-called quasi-market conditions.

Business reputation is an inalienable asset of an enterprise that affects its attractiveness. Business reputation assessment is important for an organization and can be carried out using different methods depending on the goals. The problem lies in the diversity of assessment methods and their effectiveness depending on the specifics of the company. Research hypothesis: studying the features of various quantitative methods for assessing business reputation will help identify the optimal approach. Based on the research, it is possible to develop a combined assessment methodology that includes financial and non-financial indicators, as well as an analysis of feedback with stakeholders. The research methodology includes comparative and content analysis, generalization and classification. Scientific novelty lies in the classification of quantitative methods for assessing business reputation and the analysis of their features.

The period from 2022 to 2031 was declared the Decade of Science and Technology by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin. The Decade of Science and Technology includes a set of initiatives and events, national and federal projects. All of them are aimed at strengthening the role of science, technology and development in ensuring technological sovereignty and creating a competitive scientific and technological space in Russia. By right, the most significant event of the Decade is the Congress of Young Scientists, which was held for the first time in 2021 on the federal territory of Sirius. In November 2024, the next Congress was successfully held. Over four years, it was attended by a total of about 18 thousand young scientists, graduate students, students, managers and entrepreneurs from all regions of Russia and many foreign countries. The average age of the participants is under 30 years. The Congress traditionally takes place over three days and has an impressive and diverse Program so that each participant can find something interesting for themselves. The article provides an overview of the most significant events of the Congress business program for the period 2021-2023, presents an analysis of the current instruments for attracting and supporting young scientists at the federal and regional levels, and outlines the priorities of the state scientific and personnel policy in modern conditions. A comparison of the Congress Business Programs for three years showed that in 2021 the focus was on the general demonstration of the country’s scientific achievements. In 2022, the issues of achieving technological sovereignty of Russia and the problems of integrating science into production came to the fore; the key theme of the 2022 Congress was designated as «Russian Science in the Era of International Rivalry». Since 2023, more and more young specialists and researchers have been involved in organizing the Congress. The Business Program of the 2023 Congress was devoted to the theme «Science: a Space of Opportunities». The personal and professional qualities of young researchers necessary for successful self-realization in fundamental science and applied research, in the creation of technological startups and the development of new products were discussed.