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Russian peoples' attitudes towards the labor and the businesses and their place in the general attitudinal pattern
Russian people today are searching for some kind of a «national idea». According to the author, the idea is clear. It is necessary to do one's best to make people perceive that such qualities as intelligence, educatedness, professionalism and respectability are good in all the senses of the words, including the material aspects of it.
Western and Russian analysts who have analyzed the Russians' attitude towards the labor and business activity, say that among the most conspicuous features are the lack of the business ori-entation and the lack of a feeling that labor is a source of wellness and prosperity.
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One of the most important competitive advantages Russia has is the high percentage of well-edu-cated people in the country. Maintaining and supporting the changing world of education within the framework of the Bologna Declaration should become a prerequisite for the sustainable social and economic development. The country development should be guided by a pattern where the priorities are the scientific products practical implementation and the elaboration and use of new technologies and the new knowledge.
The Russian economy and the Russian society members cannot become competitive without the education and science development. The sectors' development is the key factor in the knowledge economy development based on the intellectual effort. That is why the universities should make their institutions increasingly attractive to their services users and provide the guarantees of employability on the labor market to their graduates.
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The university's problems connected with maintaining business reputation in the academic and scientific context have become topical recently, and the acuteness of the problem is recognized by everyone. The image the institutions have in the corporate world is a conglomerate of opinions and viewpoints the educational services end users, both current and would-be, have on the way the universities operate. When such a critical management aspect as the reputation is in question, it is usually the quality that is of paramount importance, be it the process results, the process itself or the systemic and management quality.
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An article published in our journal on the parallels between the competition in business and politics evoked a keen response. The editorial board is preparing a round table discussion of the topic. Here we are publishing Professor Zubov's comment on the issue in question.
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Competitive environment formation is determined not only by the systemic rules but also by the availability of the appropriate system operation launching mechanisms. Competitive development in Russia today is hampered by the incomplete legislative base, bad infrastructure and the fact that the decision making process is based upon the political, not economic incentives. The author of the article examines the issues related to the competitive environment support legislative base development and improvement. The partnerships between the state-owned and private companies might play a great part in the legislation development as their aim is to form solid links between the academic community and the market players and secure the scientific «product» marketing.
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The modern Russian regions' development is an issue that has been poorly researched. According to the authors, the main reason for that (among other things) is the fact that the federal center uses its domineering policies that are especially clearly seen in the financial sphere. As a result, many regions and country constituent territories have no opportunity to continue the social and economic development of their businesses and production sector as it is determined by the funds allocated centrally. Consequently, the regional agglomerations find themselves in an even more complicated situation as they are, as a rule, not regarded as independent economic entities by the modern Russian legislative bodies. This is the reason why the regional economic systems' development is hampered, they cannot become competitive and efficient, and thus, the national economy cannot enter the «civilized» market.
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