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Paper is devoted to providing consulting support in the area of HR-management to small busi¬nesses and its impact on their competitiveness as employers in the labor market. Author formulates competitive advantages, which provides small business an attractive image in the labor market and identifies the necessary reputation characteristics. Author substantiated the relevance of consult¬ing services in the field of HR-management for this category of employers. Article examines two strategic approaches to the organization of interaction between small businesses and consulting centers. Author proposed Criteria for selecting a small business strategic approach in the market for consulting services.

This publication is a detailed report of the round table discussion «Competition — a controversial ideal» organized by the Higher School of Economics and the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation in December 20, 2010. The round table were made by experts in the field of social and moral philosophy, economic sociol¬ogy, law and economics of industrial markets. At the round table were discussed various aspects of understanding the nature and content of the phenomenon of competition, its justification as a social phenomenon, and other issues of an interdisciplinary theory of competition.

Anticompetitive agreements aimed at infringing the interests of consumers and extract unfair profits are recognized as «the main evil of competition" and prohibited in most countries. Purpose of the article — the classification of anticompetitive agreements. Reviewed the main types of anticompetitive agreements, which are illustrated by examples of cases of violations of the antitrust laws.

The article continues series of studying-methodical materials for «Theory of industrial markets» course. This publication presents materials which devote to the analysis such as the influence of the innovative activity of participants on the market structure, and on the contrary the influence of market structure on the innovative activity of companies. In this article there are the tasks devoted to the problems which illustrate how the innovative activity is developing.

In the article the author defines the notion of «competitive intelligence, reveals the history of this activity in Russia, studies counterespionage specifics of a company security service, and analyzes staff peculiarities of a company competitive intelligence service.