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Методическое пособие по участию российских научных организаций и университетов в международной научно-технической деятельности
The brochure provides an overview of methodological and practical aspects of Russian scientific organisations and universities' participation in international science and technology (S&T) cooperation. The methodological manual offers a systematized approach to conducting international collaboration and contains reference information on S&T potenatial and S&T cooperation programmes of selected foreign countries.
The research leading to these results has received funding from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in the framework of the project “Development of Instruments for Methodological, Information and Analytical Support of Russia’s Scientific Organizations and Universities’ Participation in International Science and Technology Cooperation” (Subsidy Agreement no 14.602.21.0013 dated August 3, 2016 with the Russian Ministry of Education and Science in the framework of the federal targeted programme “Research and Development in Russian Priority S&T Development Areas in 2014–2020”, unique identification number – RFMEFI60216X0013).
Reference and analytical materials contain generalized, structured information on programs and instruments of international scienсe and technology (S&T) cooperation (aiming both Russia and other international countries), leading scientific organizations and universities of 12 foreign countries (USA, Canada, Germany, France, Great Britain, Japan , Republic of Korea, China, India, Brazil, South Africa, and Kazakhstan). The materials are based on the results of HSE's analysis of programs and tools of international S&T cooperation, as well as on the results of bibliometric analysis of the publication activity of 12 foreign countries (using the Scopus and Web of Science databases). In the preparation of this collection, official sources of information (including electronic sources) of foreign ministries, associations, funds, universities and programs in the field of international S&T cooperation were consulted. The handbook is intended for heads and managers of Russian scientific organisations and universities involved in the development of international S&T cooperation.
The research leading to these results has received funding from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in the framework of the project “Development of Instruments for Methodological, Information and Analytical Support of Russia’s Scientific Organizations and Universities’ Participation in International Science and Technology Cooperation” (Subsidy Agreement no 14.602.21.0013 dated August 3, 2016 with the Russian Ministry of Education and Science in the framework of the federal targeted programme “Research and Development in Russian Priority S&T Development Areas in 2014–2020”, unique identification number – RFMEFI60216X0013).
This article is the research of the legal nature of the concept of “financial stability” with respect to the financial (public) relations. The paper comprises analyzes of the legal regulation of the concept at the international level – in the program documents of the United Nations and at the supranational level – in the treaties of the Member States of the European Union, the treaty of the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union and the decisions of the Eurasian Economic Commission. The article presents a description of the concept of “financial stability”, provided for in the legislation of Great Britain, the USA, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Sweden. The authors note that the concept of “financial stability” in the legislation of foreign countries has universal meaning: absence of instability of the financial system of the country, measures to prevent financial crises and minimization of their negative effects.
Since Russia started its transition from a closed communist state to an open market economy in the 1990s there have been major economical and political changes. The central idea of this paper is to look at what has been done for innovation in the country. Prior to the 1990s Russia outperformed the world in many spheres of science but now the country has lost its leadership position and struggles to compete in innovation. In this paper we study the query of what has happened to Russian R&D sector after the collapse of the Soviet Union? We review publications over the last twenty-five years focusing around Russian innovation policy published both in Russian and English languages. We provide critical statements of interviewees in the area unveiling the transitional issues Russian R&D sector experience for the innovation to happen. We tried to summarise the challenges of the quarter of the century as a bigger picture of Russia and its research policy in an era of open innovation.
Strengthening the motivation, quality and efficiency of researchers’ work is a pressing issue in all countries. One way to address this challenge is by introducing flexible remuneration mechanisms which are country-specific yet still share certain basic principles such as the relationship between compensation and research productivity. Improving researchers’ remuneration is particularly urgent now in Russia given the systemic problems in the country’s R&D sector and given new policy measures adopted since 2012 to try to address the problem of compensation for researchers. This paper contributes new evidence from Russian researchers, R&D managers, and government representatives collected via a survey and focus group discussions on the desirability and efficiency of the current remuneration policy. Although most members of Russia’s scientific community do not question the necessity and relevance of the government’s ‘efficient contract’ initiative in the R&D sector, the implementation of this policy has had a more mixed response. The reasons and effects of this controversy are discussed below.
The paper examines the structure, governance, and balance sheets of state-controlled banks in Russia, which accounted for over 55 percent of the total assets in the country's banking system in early 2012. The author offers a credible estimate of the size of the country's state banking sector by including banks that are indirectly owned by public organizations. Contrary to some predictions based on the theoretical literature on economic transition, he explains the relatively high profitability and efficiency of Russian state-controlled banks by pointing to their competitive position in such functions as acquisition and disposal of assets on behalf of the government. Also suggested in the paper is a different way of looking at market concentration in Russia (by consolidating the market shares of core state-controlled banks), which produces a picture of a more concentrated market than officially reported. Lastly, one of the author's interesting conclusions is that China provides a better benchmark than the formerly centrally planned economies of Central and Eastern Europe by which to assess the viability of state ownership of banks in Russia and to evaluate the country's banking sector.
The results of cross-cultural research of implicit theories of innovativeness among students and teachers, representatives of three ethnocultural groups: Russians, the people of the North Caucasus (Chechens and Ingushs) and Tuvinians (N=804) are presented. Intergroup differences in implicit theories of innovativeness are revealed: the ‘individual’ theories of innovativeness prevail among Russians and among the students, the ‘social’ theories of innovativeness are more expressed among respondents from the North Caucasus, Tuva and among the teachers. Using the structural equations modeling the universal model of values impact on implicit theories of innovativeness and attitudes towards innovations is constructed. Values of the Openness to changes and individual theories of innovativeness promote the positive relation to innovations. Results of research have shown that implicit theories of innovativeness differ in different cultures, and values make different impact on the attitudes towards innovations and innovative experience in different cultures.
The paper examines the principles for the supervision of financial conglomerates proposed by BCBS in the consultative document published in December 2011. Moreover, the article proposes a number of suggestions worked out by the authors within the HSE research team.