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The issue analyzes and shows the necessity of government intervention in construction and operation of the competitive environment. The market failures and governmental failures which are to be in consider while different measures of government policy are executing. The evolution of Russian competition policy from antitrust regulation till the early start of competition policy and competitive environment policy is shown. The ways of reconstruction of government departments which are managing competition and competitive environment are proposed.

This article considers how the concept of collective dominance was used in Russia in 2006 – 2011. The information base for analysis includes the decisions of Federal antimonopoly service of Russia, where the norm of collective dominance was applied. The article includes the analysis to which extent the characteristics of market structures that are required by the law were used, which types of accusations were brought against companies by means of determining of their collective dominant position, what is the court practice of considering decisions where concept of collective dominance was applied.

The article is devoted to the questions of functioning markets related to base market. The problems of identification product and geographic market boundaries and monopolization of base market influence on such markets are analyzed. As an example in the research the telecom market is considered.

The article deals with the oligopolistic structure of the banking market. Identified specific of oligopolistic banking market in Russia, was the result of banking-sector support from the state. It was noted that integration of banking business change the market structure of these industries in oligopoly. This affects on transaction costs on the banking market. The author marks that, in the oligopolistic market the rent-seeking behavior of the largest banks can only be changed through the stimulation of competition between them.

The article describes new methods of design and implementation of competitive strategies, allowing for manufacturers of goods and services not only to avoid the direct market competition, but also to bring the satisfaction of consumer needs to a new level. Starting from the classical I. Ansoff and M. Porter approaches to corporate and competitive strategies, author on example of professional massage oils industry concludes that using of innovative tools, known as «blue ocean strategy», proposed by W. Chan Kim and R. Moborn, — one of the few ways to output product from competition, because it might make product so different from the existing market, that competition with it will be meaningless.

This article provides a systematic study of the complex of complementary methods to improve the efficiency of business processes. Methods are analyzed and grouped according to areas of its influence on business processes, the influence of map shaped methods. There was formulated the principle of selection methods for increasing efficiency according to the purpose or purposes of the insurer optimization.