The paper considers the indicators and multi-scale assessment of innovative activity of industrial companies. The research methodology consistently includes the analysis of the factors of innovative activity; collection and analysis of information about the indicators for assessing the innovative activity of industrial enterprises taking into account the defined factors of innovative activity; compiling of the short and aggregated lists of indicators for assessing the innovation activity taking into account the determined factors; defining an aggregate indicator of the innovative activity of an industrial enterprise. To define the aggregate indicator of the innovative activity we analysed the published reports of 57 companies, which have been the leaders in the industrial sectors for the last 15 years. Moreover, we analysed 40 scholarly publications focused on the assessment of the innovative activities and interviewed 16 experts, which are heads of large industrial companies. In addition, we analysed key performance indicators (KPI) of innovative activity recommended by the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC). As a result of the research, we have proposed a methodology of the multi-scale assessment of the innovative activity of industrial companies. We have selected 5 key performance indicators to calculate the integral indicator. Furthermore, we have developed an algorithm to calculate the integral indicator of innovative activity. In addition to the integral indicator, we recommend to use 3 indicative values, which influence the integral indicator: a) comprehensive indicator of the development of scientific research, research institutes, academic organisations, technology platforms, per cent; b) number of proposals to generate new technologies, technical and technological solutions from affiliated companies over the year; c) number of new competences acquired by a company from innovative activities.
The production of this integral indicator of the innovative activity will allow to the industrial enterprises a more informative assessment of their innovative activities and innovation behaviour transformations.

The article describes the strategic management methodology based on the use of key performance indicators system, recommendations for its further development are given. The necessity of integration above-mentioned methodology with the methodology of risk management systems is justified for large companies. The main conceptual states and stages of key performance indicators system and risk management system integration are given. Integration processes are illustrated by the example of a particular large company.

Conceptual states and integration stages of  key performance indicators system with risk management system are considered. Specific organizational and technical measures for implementation of above-mentioned systems  at the nuclear industry enterprises are described as well. 

Key performance indicators for risk management system are proposed to be laid for introducing enterprises’  performance management.

The results of theoretical and empirical research, the described tools and approaches can be used in other industrial enterprises, regardless of their business.

Links between staff reductions and the company’s bankruptcyare identified. The empirical base of research included 650 companies (150 bankrupts) in the manufacturing industry and 1,500 companies (410 bankrupts) in the construction industry. The logit model was implemented in the center of a research methodology. According to the research it was revealed that the reduction of staff by 3%, 5%, 7% and 10% leads to the company’s bankruptcy. Moreover, the meaningful factor of bankruptcy is the change in financial, physical and intangible resources used by company to reverse negative consequences of the stuff reduction.

The author considers features of relationships between the fiduciary (management, board of director) and shareholders (beneficiaries). The nature of fiduciary relations is connected with «a critical resource» (assets) of the beneficiary.  In the company economic interests of various participants (shareholders, management) face. Delegation discretion the shareholder to the management will allow to build together with the shareholder effective economic strategy of the company, under condition of execution of fiduciary duties. The management possesses administrative immunity within the limits of application of the business judgment rule. Actions of the management at transaction fulfilment should have real character, possess economic sense, a rationality and to promote achievement of economic benefit in the form of increase to shareholder value. The special attention is given to the fiduciary nature of interaction. Imposing of fiduciary duties on the management allows the beneficiary to protect the company from destruction of shareholder value. The shareholder should specify such game rules that the management was unable break them or, at least, cost of their infringement would be above reception of personal benefit. Fiduciary principles allow to soften the conflict between management and the shareholder. Besides, the fiduciary mechanism possesses a preventive element, keeping the company from destruction. The given obligation of loyalty protects resources of the shareholder from wrongful acts from the management. Fiduciary principles allow to balance economic interests between a management and shareholders.

A multifactor mathematical model for analyzing and evaluating the competitiveness of socio-economic systems has been developed. A review of the definitions of the concept of competitiveness used by various international institutions. According to the results of the review, the concepts of competitiveness, used in the present work, were formulated to identify the factors affecting it. A methodology for assessing competitiveness has been developed based on the analysis of the influence of four factors on it, characterized by 32 statistical indicators and corresponding significance indices. For the practical implementation of this technique developed a mathematical model. We analyzed the competitiveness of six regions of the Federation, representing six federal districts. The main directions of improving competitiveness for each subject of the Federation.

This article is aimed at determining the significance of the state of the world economy as a threat to national security for the public of the Russia, as well as the formalization of the factors determining this. The study is based on a sociological approach and assumes primary attention to society, not the state, and cognitive factors. Using the methods of applied statistics, the data of the international sociological survey held in February-May 2017 in 38 countries were analyzed. The reports and statistical bases of the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the Central Intelligence Agency were also analyzed. The study showed a plurality of factors that determine the assessment of threats to national security: both the personal characteristics of people and the characteristics of the development of their countries. From all of the countries reviewed, evaluations of Russians to the greatest extent correspond to the estimates of residents of Israel. The multiple regression equation was constructed, it allows to calculate the current and forecast public assessment of the state of the world economy as a threat for the country's security. The results can be used for further studies of security discourse and threat perception. Also, knowledge of the factors that determine the threat assessment will help to choose the tools and measures that will create both objective and subjective security (its feeling).

This study focuses on the relationship between exogenous factors (that cannot be directly impacted by the actions of an economic agent) and combined heat and power (CHP) plant efficiency. As a measure of fuel utilization efficiency this paper proposes to use the Сoefficient of Fuel Utilization (CFU), which is the Russian equivalent of the Primary Energy Factor indicator. Climate conditions and fuel type were used as the exogenous factors in this article. Climate conditions were measured via climate zone proxies. The cause-effect relationships were analyzed using a linear regression model. The findings of the study showcase that the plants, which use natural gas as their primary fuel, show higher fuel utilization efficiency compared to coil plants. Climate conditions were also proven to be a statistically significant factor with plants situated in the third climate zone (mostly regions of the Central and North-Western federal districts) showing the highest average CFU of about 71%. The research shows that the exogenous factors account for close to 20% of CHP plant fuel utilization efficiency in Russia. The authors conclude that climate conditions and fuel type should be taken into account when constructing various energy efficiency models applicable to the Russian context.

Russian companies are actively involved in the digital transformation. The key technologies and potential effects are defined, a lot of pilots and prototypes are successfully launched. The next logical step is to scale the concept from the level of individual processes to the level of assets, functions, holding companies and the whole enterprise. In the article, two main approaches to the formation of a strategic digital transformation programs are analyzed: an approach based on scaling of digital tools and an approach based on complex processes transformation. Both these approaches are aimed at increasing the level of digital maturity.