Establishing common customs terminology is a key challenge in terms of integration processes leading to the formation of a single economic space. The existing approaches to determining comprehensive customs terminology do not allow to harmonize the processes and phenomena in functional and structural and object-subject part, which limits integration potential of a state and reduce its competitiveness creating additional administrative barriers.

The article highlights the topicality of the problem of assessing the quality of regional investment policy and discusses various approaches to it. The typology of regions is developed based on the criterion of investment policy. Different types of regional investment policies and their official assessments are presented. The author proposes specific indicators characterizing the quality of investment policy.

It's extremely important for educational institutions to use modern communication policy. This policy above all includes active use of social networks that allows, on the one hand, to increase the effectiveness of marketing communications, and to reduce the cost of their application on the other. Using social networks educational institutions transfer to the so-called “active marketing”, which increases their competitiveness.

Modern conditions of managing are characterized by deep level of integration of national economic systems. Special relevance to the considered processes of adaptation of regional economic systems to “external” impulses is given by Russia’s entering the WTO in 2012 and recent accumulation of intensity in the relations of the Russian Federation with a certain part of the world community. This study aims at approbating methodical principles of considering the impact of external “impulses” on sustainable development and competitiveness of industrial productions of the region and determining the level of susceptibility of regional economic systems in general to external “impulses”.

The article is devoted to the study of innovation activity in Russia. It recognizes the need for a radical review of the approach to the management of R & D and innovation activities in general. The author identifies the internal and external factors of Russia’s innovative development. It is proved that the internal factors of innovation activity of organizations play the leading role in the development of organizations. The development of these factors is possible with the creation of a special environment based on the use of development institutions. The basic components of the state innovation policy are presented.

This paper investigates the factors affecting the stability of the region. The necessity is determined of considering the interaction and mutual influence of these factors in particular circumstances, with special attention being paid to the combination of subjective and objective principles in this interaction. The region is regarded as a complex socio-ecological and economic system. It is concluded that while solving the problem of identification and analysis of the factors propelling the regional socio-ecological and economic system along the path of sustainable development, it is advisable to use the institutional synergetic approach.

The article considers the problem of improving the efficiency of engineering enterprise by creating a knowledge management system and preventing collisions. The authors introduce the definition of the term “conflict”, propose a classification of the types of collisions and describe the stages of management at machine-building enterprises. The organizational and functional model is introduced allowing to record collision processes, use all necessary tools, thereby reducing the likelihood of re-occurrence of possible conflicts at engineering products release.

The article investigates retail e-commerce companies in Ukraine. It studies the interrelations between the experience of e-commerce and the main competitive benefits, the type of online company subject and the scope of company’s activity, methods of fixing prices for goods and price incentives for consumers at retail online company. The efficient methods of promoting online goods and tools for implementation of products promotion at retail online company are defined. The defects occurring when dealing with online products and tools for sales promotion at retail online company are described, the problems arising in sales policy at retail online company being analyzed.

The article examines the brigade form of labour organization as a factor of increasing the competitiveness of economically active population. The theoretical basis of formation and distribution of a brigade method is provided. The role of primary labor organizations is revealed in development of professional qualities, qualifications of workers and increasing their competitiveness. The types of brigades existing in the industry are characterized. The ratio is established between the level of worker’s competitiveness and qualitative characteristics and efficiency of teams. Methods of assessment of competitiveness and categorization of brigades are offered.

The article analyzes the problem of the Russian Federation’s lagging behind the developed countries in executing by domestic engineering companies EPC(M)-contracts on the implementation of hi-tech industrial projects. The author examines the factors interfering with the development of these forms of contracting in Russia and identifies the key tasks and solutions of the problems of implementing EPC(M)-contracts at strategic and operational levels. The list of requirements to the Russian engineering companies is proposed for their entering into the register of EPC(M) - contractors of the Russian Federation.

This article provides theoretical grounding and practical solutions of the issues related to various types of risks associated with product realization process in pharmaceutical industry. The proposed procedures are aimed at improving the performance under current economic conditions. Risk reduction practical developments may be of use for internal controllers and auditors, analysts, and, which is most important, for managing staff that will be able to take timely management decisions.

In this article the tendencies of manufacturing industry development in Nizhny Novgorod Region are considered. The analysis of the way separate production factors influenced the results of the industry’s work of Nizhny Novgorod Region is carried out. The article presents the correlation and regression analysis of statistical data on the development of the area’s industry. Data for carrying out the general regression analysis of the dependence of output in manufacturing industry on the input of work and capital expenses is created. The influence on changes of the production organization efficiency and change of production scale is defined. The author makes a forecast of production development of Nizhny Novgorod Region on the basis of the conducted research.

Strategic Management of Enterprises on the Basis of Design MethodsAbstract. The article reveals a particular aspect of modern strategic management of an enterprise and studies strategic management features based on design methods. The research is carried out through the analysis of strategic management based on the coordinated system of indicators. The author substantiates the necessity of design methods application in strategic management, which can improve efficiency and raise the cost of an enterprise.

This paper analyzes the problems associated with deficiencies in the system of measuring and recording the results of organizational innovations at industrial enterprises. They are of great importance in ensuring coherence and effectiveness of tactical and strategic actions for the innovative development of the Russian industry. The author studies the problem of information reliability in connection with the information on various aspects of innovation. The author summarizes the perspective ways of improving the reliability of relevant information, and reveals the key indicators of organizational changes.

The article considers the methodological basis of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) which are directed at identifying ecological influences and economic expenses in the product life cycle. It is shown that the combination of the two approaches at designing and developing products allows to choose the most economically and ecologically effective product option in accordance with resource saving criteria.

The article considers the main types of administrative analysis at industrial enterprise from the point of view of timing. The authors proved that the realization of these types of administrative analysis provides an integrated approach to efficiency and prospects of administrative decisions. Besides, the article proposes the criteria of assessment of administrative decision made in the field of production, marketing and marketing policy, innovative and investment policy, organizational and technical development.