The textbook focuses on information support of a decision making process: problem statement, typical stages, approaches to modeling of decision making conditions, as well as consequences of different alternatives selection. The role of expert estimates is examined. Such estimated are used for determining probabilities of problem situation, determining experts' coefficients of competency, forming estimates of the alternatives. The features of group decision making are considered. Special attention is paid to decision support on the strategic management level, in the conditions of changing and hardly predictable environment. Approaches to modeling of problem situations related with possible states of the environment in the future are examined in details. The history, current classification and perspectives of development of modern decision support systems, as well as their role in the integrated management information system are considered. In the textbook different decision support information systems (including ones developed in HSE Department of Business Analytics) are described. Description of the information systems are accomplished by the examples of their practical application. Business cases that are close to real decision making tasks are also examined. The textbook is compliant with current requirements of the Federal standard of higher education and may be useful for students, postgraduates and teachers working in the field of management, decision support and management information systems.

It is with pleasure that we introduce to the measurement community the 3rd Edition of the Dictionary of Public Relations Measurement and Research in Russian. Through the hard work of Dr. Katerina Tsetsura at the University of Oklahoma and her colleagues at the Moscow Higher School of Economics’ Department of Integrated Communications this translation should help to standardize terminology and meaning for measurement, research, and evaluation conducted in the public relations profession. This version of the Dictionary differs from its other translations in that it provides translations in two formats. The first totally in the Russian alphabet and the second in Russian but listed through the English alphabetical code. We hope that this version will help those whose second language is English, as well as those whose second language is Russian. The Russian version of the Dictionary is part of a continuous project to provide standardization across cultures and languages. We have had translations now in Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. We hope to have more before we begin the work of updating to a 4th edition as the constantly changing social media measurement terminology continues to evolve. The Dictionary is part of the Institute for Public Relations Measurement Commission’s portfolio and served as the first attempt to standard research, measurement, and evaluation for public relations. The Commission continues to provide up-to-date analysis and evaluation of contemporary measurement, as evidenced by its participation in other organizations with similar missions.

Monograph by S. Khasyanova «Upgrading Banking Regulation and Supervision in Russia in the line with International Standards» is devoted to the study of the development of banking regulation and supervision in Russia on the basis of international principles and standards. The process of implementation of international principles and standards of banking regulation in the Russian Federation and the following consequences are analyzed in the context of financial stability. Particular attention is paid to macroeconomic regulation and development of prudential regulations and requirements for banks, taking into account banking sector peculiarities. The regulation of systemic risk, identification of systemically important banks and applied to them a particular regulatory regime were investigated. The Deposit Insurance System and its role in enhancing the stability of banks as well as its directions of improvement are also considered in the study. The book is intended for professionals in the field of finance and banking, teachers and students of universities’ economic and financial departments.

The main objective of the OECD project was to develop recommendations aimed at improving the use of economic and other instruments of management of water resources for attaining sustainable development of water sector, as well as socio-economic development of the Republic of Buryatia as a whole. The project consisted of three stages that resulted in the development of specific relevant reports included in the series of works performed on the commission of OECD.

Proposed recommendations relate to improvement of water policies while the main aim of the series of project was not  the development of detailed methodologies and instructions but rather identification of a general way for policy reforms in the field of water resource management. Such methodological guidelines on introduction and improvement of administrative and economic instruments are propose to be developed at a later stage,  after relevant political decuisions on the proposed measures are made.

The given project is a cmponent of a series of projects under the common title "Improving the USe of Economic Instruments for Water Management in the Republic of Buryatia (Lake Baikal Basin), implemented under the auspices of the Orgnisation o Economic Coopertion and Development (OECD) within the framework of implementation of the EU Water Initiative as applied to the region of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA). The given second report was prepared in order to analyse international experience in water resources management and identification of instruments that might be used in the Republic of Buryatia. 

The present report contains the results of a review odf international practices of application of instruments for water resource management (WRM) and the assessment of a potential for using more efficient instruments in the Republic of Buryatia (RB), taking into account natural and institutional chatacteristics of the region and Russia as a whole.

The review-based consclusions will be used to draw up recommendations for improving the instruments for water resources management in the Republic of Buryatia.

The review covers such aspects as water use (water abstraction) fee, water supply and sanitation  tariffs, tariffs for irrigation water within irrigation systems, pollution charges and taxes, trade in pollution permits/quotas, payment for ecosystem services, risk management and alternative instruments. It also relates to such instruments as state support to water resources management and target funds.   

The present analysis was performed within the framework of OECD project "Improving the Use of Economic Instruments for Wtar Resources Management in the Republic of Buryatia" (lake Baikal basin)".

The given report is the result of implementation of the first component of the series of projects under the common title "Improving the use of economic instruments of water management in the Republic of Buryatia (lake Baikal basin)", implemented under the auspices of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Devlopment (OECD) in support of the water policy dialogue in the Republic of Buryatia in cooperation with the EU Water Initiative. The analytical report contains the results of the analysis of the use of economic instruments of water resources management in the Republic of Buryatia. According to the performed analysis some conclusions were made along with identification of key directions for improving application of instruments for water resources management in the Republic of Buryatia for further development within the framework of the project.

The book represents the results of research at the field of Public Administration, that is produced by the group of master degree students of RU- HSE.