Abramov E.M., Samoylenko Y.S., Savchenko N.E.,
PhD in Philosophy, Petrova Y.A.
Rostov State University of Economics (RIPE)
Ways of improving competitiveness of the
modern Russian economy.
Recent
events shows, that Russia has important tasks to perform: in a short period of
time the government should provide qualitatively high standards of living and security to all
citizens of the country. These problems are difficult to solve without answers
on such questions as: where, why and how the government will cope with these
problems, how the economic strategy of Russia will be formed, and how to make
the economy of the country more competitive.
Practice has shown that there is no shared vision of economic
development strategy for all countries, as there is no shared vision of
universal strategic management. Each country is unique, and the processes of
making strategies in all cases are unique too. It depends on country’s position
on the global market, on its dynamics of development, on its potential
resources, on behavior of competitive countries, on its culture level and etc.
At the same time there are some key points, which allow speaking about some generalized
principles of the strategic management.
In
the annual rating of competitiveness, presented by the International Institute
of Management Development (IMD), Russia takes the 54th place (out of 61) and
considerably lags behind world leaders [1].
Under
the country's competitiveness means that ability of the nation to create and
maintain an environment, in which the competitive companies appear.
Russia
takes the first place in the size of the budget surplus, in gold reserves, in
GDP growth per capita, in foreign trade and balance of payment.
In order to increase competitiveness of economy in the
country, the government should promote the creation of equal opportunities of
development and increase competitive capacity of enterprises, also form and
develop the private
business in all spheres, science and education, spiritual and moral development
of society, and pay more attention to the Society for Protection of Consumer Rights
[2].
These activities also aimed
at promoting the “The main activities of the Government of the Russian Federation for the
period till 2018”. In a new version of the document, signed by Prime-Minister
D. Medvedev 14.05.2015, clearly stated, that by 2018 year it’s necessary to
create conditions for the transition to a new model of economic development,
namely: the domestic economy should reach the level of the rate not lower than
the average world indicator, based on accelerated growth of private investments
with the use of modern technological solutions.
These strategic
purposes and tactical - short-term measures are allocated for ensuring
opportunities for "quick start" in business - using of competitive advantages
in the result of ruble devaluation before the qualitative improvement of the
business environment and finalizing in the economic growth and structural reforms [3].
The way of solutions to these problems are defined in the message of the President of the Russian Federation
to the Federal Assembly on December 4, 2014. In particular, the message states
the need to ensure the establishment and function of the coordination mechanism
for placing order for the purchase of imported equipment, work places and
services abroad, carried out in the frameworks of large-scale investment
projects implemented by government agencies and public companies, for the RF in
the authorized capital, which represents more than 50%, or investment projects
that indicate support measures of the country.
Moreover,
Vladimir Putin sets the problem to call for immediate action for establishing an initiative to enhance the capacity
for accessing of small and medium sized
businesses on procurements,
in accordance with the Federal Law “on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services”, which
customers are required to carry out in such enterprises.
Russia's national
security is designed to ensure the Doctrine of the food security (Presidential
Decree of 30.01.2010, ¹ 120 "On Approval of the Food Security Doctrine of
the Russian Federation") [4].
Food security of
the Russian Federation is one of the main directions of the national security
of the country in the medium term, factor of the preservation of its statehood
and sovereignty, the most important component of population policy, a necessary
condition for the implementation of the strategic national priority - improving
the quality of life by ensuring high standards of life-support [5].
The results of
five years of work on the implementation of the doctrine, as well as the next
steps for its implementation at the national level will be discussed by the
Government of the Russian Federation in Rostov-on-Don on June 4-5, 2015 on the
first All-Russian forum of food safety.
Thus, the Government of the Russian Federation has
identified ways to enhance the competitiveness of the national economy and
takes concrete steps to improve the competitiveness of Russia on the world
market. The right strategy dictated by the modern realities should help the
Russian economy to answer the challenges of time.
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1. "Expert ", 2015, ¹ 20-21, p. 6, the
Government clarifies the diagnosis, RIA "Novosti".
2. "Economics and Mathematical Methods",
2008, Vol 44, ¹1, p. 79 - 82, EI Kuznetsova, the competitive environment as a
factor in Russia's development strategy.
3. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation
of 30.01.2010 ¹120 «On approval of the Food Security Doctrine of the Russian
Federation."
4. Address of the President of the Russian Federation
to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of 04.12.2014.
5. "The main activities of the Government of the
Russian Federation for the period till 2018" in the version approved by
the Government of the Russian Federation 05.14.2015