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Agroecosystem energy, ecological human imprint and economic sustainability: Analysis and impacts
Authors: H. Shakir Hanna Safwat , Cesaretti Gian Paolo
Published: March 2021

Agroecosystem energy is an essential part of the natural resources available to humans for use and the continuation of Earth's life cycle. Without energy, life on this Earth will stop, and the drivers of all ecological life cycles will not be able to continue function. Energy is an essential factor that makes the working process of human survivability possible. According to World Population Clock, the current status of human population growth is in an alarming situation (i.e., 7.81 billion people and continues to increase) [World Population Clock 2020 Accessed September 20, 2020][ World Population Clock, 2020). Therefore, the ecological human imprint will impact all Earth's natural resources, in the forms of more consumptions and demands that will have impacts on the global social and economic issues globally. Sustainability will be accomplished if we live within the concept of Nature, controlling our human population growth to reduce the impacts on natural resources' demands. In this respect, sustainability will not be achieved by economic growth alone; instead, the biosphere natural resources must replenish it and allow the natural resources to regenerate itself to support the growing human population. The present paper will assess the agroecosystem energy continuing ongoing demands and availability concerning human population growth by modeling different scenarios. According to our model, the human population growth will reach 10 billion people or more by the year 2050 at the current trend, and we may be faced with shortening the availability of energy. It is important to stress that the energy should be replenished through non-tradition energy supply, and we have to concentrate on renewable energy, which we can develop to the extent of harvesting this energy in efficient ways. An example of the needs of energy in the agroecosystem is to calculate how much enough the Earth has to support the human beings. In this regard, if each human being is in need of 2000 calories/per day on average, this means that globally the Earth has to produce more than 5694 trillion calories per year. The question is whether the Earth can create these calories to support 7.81 billion people, and we need more calories when the human population grows to be more than 7.81 bil lion people. Therefore, engineering of the Earth agroecosystem should be significant, and we have to think about how we accomplish it. Additionally, we need to sustain our environment by conserving our water resources and keeping our global climate environmentally in the best condition to maintain international economic and social standards. Further, in this paper, we will discuss the impacts of changing different parameters that affect global agroecosystem energy.
Environmental management in a developing global business context: Sustainable challenges and opportunities
Authors: Boccia Flavio , Paientko Tetiana , Cesaretti Gian Paolo , Covino Daniela
Published: March 2021

Economic activities and industrial growth of the last decades have highlighted the need for reconciling economic development at the international level without affecting the global environment. Many environmental problems are transnational, or even global, and, consequently, beyond the control of any single nation, also because of the increasingly impressive commercial activities, particularly in big companies. Even the recent COVID-19 pandemic has clearly shown the strong link between human productive activities and the well-being of the planet. To understand why and where business activities enter into the debate on sustainable development, it is important to see what are the root causes of environmental degradation, linked to human and industrial performances. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to understand implications that the increasing trading development has on the global environment and what are the signs that must be followed, so that the actions of companies may be more sustainable in a global perspective in the next future.
Artiglieria e diplomazia. Esportazioni di salnitro e problemi di munizionamento nella corrispondenza degli oratori italiani del quattrocento
Authors: Ansani Fabrizio
Published: March 2021

Partendo dall'analisi dei carteggi quattrocenteschi, il saggio approfondisce le questioni diplomatiche connesse al commercio del componente primario, e insostituibile, della polvere da sparo: il salnitro. Esaminando le strategie adottate da ambasciatori residenti ed agenti informali per intercettare le forniture del minerale, l'articolo ricostruisce gli orientamenti impressi dalle amministrazioni rinascimentali al mercato - pubblico e privato - degli armamenti, fortemente stimolato dalla contemporanea affermazione dei nuovi eserciti permanenti e dei monopoli statali delle artiglierie. I risultati della ricerca evidenzieranno pertanto l'interdipendenza dei potentati italiani nell'approvvigionamento delle «munitioni», ribadendo, da una prospettiva economica, la complementarità strutturale esistente tra guerra e diplomazia nell'età dell'«equilibrio».
Dalla storia moderna alla contemporanea: un percorso difficile
Authors: Macry Paolo
Published: March 2021

Attraverso i suoi ricordi, l'autore ricostruisce l'attività di Pasquale Villani come storico e come riferimento di giovani allievi. L'articolo sottolinea inoltre la differente efficacia di Villani quando dedicò i suoi studi alla storia moderna e quando si occupò di storia contemporanea.
Pasquale Villani: la coerenza di un eclettico umanista
Authors: D’Elia Costanza
Published: March 2021

L'articolo mira a delineare il percorso intellettuale e umano di Pasquale Villani, gettando luce sulla ricchezza della sua attività scientifica. Emerge il profilo di uno studioso attento a far confluire in una rinnovata storia del Mezzogiorno l'attenzione alle più importanti dinamiche storiografiche del periodo e a potenziare il rapporto fra storia e scienze umane. A una visione d'insieme, Villani è rimasto fedele al paradigma di una storia economico-­sociale che ha declinato nel rifiuto di ogni dogmatismo, ideologico o metodologico, e nell'apertura alle suggestioni tanto della microstoria che del cultural turn degli ultimi decenni.
Psicoterapia della famiglia nel processo di separazione e divorzio
Authors: Muscolo Maria , Parigi Simona , Russo Ruggiero Daniele
Published: March 2021

La separazione tra coniugi rappresenta un evento che, all'interno della storia di una famiglia, ha un potenziale destrutturante elevatissimo e che potrebbe portare a tensioni croniche, la cui durata potrebbe accompagnare la vita delle persone coinvolte per molto tempo, comportando disagi e problematiche soprattutto nella generazione dei figli. Scopo del presente contributo, è quello di presentare il modello di lavoro elaborato dal "Servizio clinico per il bambino e la famiglia" dell'Accademia di Psicoterapia della Famiglia di Roma, nel quale si prevede l'organizzazione del processo terapeutico attraverso fasi, articolate secondo il modello della separazione della Kaslow. La sequenza di lavoro, pur garantendo una flessibilità procedurale, prevede l'intervento su tre dimensioni: il lavoro sui confini, il lavoro di rielaborazione della separazione e il lavoro di rielaborazione della storia trigenerazionale, attraverso la convocazione in momenti diversi della terapia familiare, dei membri coinvolti nella separazione (coppia, figli, famiglie d'origine). Obiettivo dell'intervento risulta quello di dare continuità nei casi di separazione conflittuale, sia al processo di sviluppo di ciascun individuo coinvolto - che rischia di arrestarsi se i legami si rompono - che alla struttura della famiglia tutta, che andrebbe incontro a una frattura tra le generazioni, in particolare restituendo ai figli una madre e un padre in grado di continuare ad avere una cogenitorialità condivisa, liberando i figli stessi da funzioni sintoniche al conflitto.
La mediazione familiare: sviluppi negli ultimi venti anni e integrazione con la psicoterapia
Authors: Ardone Ritagrazia
Published: March 2021

L'autore esplora lo sviluppo della mediazione familiare in Italia negli ultimi vent'anni. Vengono confrontati due diversi modelli applicativi: il modello facilitativo adeguato al trattamento di famiglie con basso conflitto e buon funzionamento familiare; il modello trasformativo più efficace con famiglie caratterizzate da alta conflittualità e alte disfunzionalità relazionale. È esposta la nozione di "frame mediativo" che emerge dalla negoziazione tra le parti e il mediatore. Viene esemplificato un caso di mediazione familiare.
Frequency of Polyploids of Solanum tuberosum Dihaploids in 2X × 2X Crosses
Authors: A. Otieno Susan , Coombs Joseph , S. Douches David
Published: March 2021

When breeding diploid potatoes, tetraploid progeny can result from the union of 2n eggs and 2n pollen in 2x-2x crosses. Thirty-three crosses were made to examine tetraploid progeny frequency in 2x-2x crosses. All crosses were between S. tuberosum dihaploids and diploid self-compatible donors, M6 and DRH S6-10-4P17. Using chloroplast counting for ploidy determination, the frequency of tetraploid progeny was as high as 45% in one of the 33 crosses. Based upon single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping, the tetraploid progeny were attributed to bilateral sexual polyploidization (BSP), which is caused by the union of 2n egg and 2n pollen. Dihaploids were identified that produce lower frequencies of 2n eggs. The results of this study suggest that S. tuberosum dihaploids with a high frequency of 2n eggs should be avoided in 2x - 2x crosses for diploid breeding programs.
Institutional and Innovative Factors of Technological Development of the National Economy of Ukraine in the Conditions of Global Informatization
Authors:   Lviv University of Trade and Economics, Lupak R. L. , Rudkovsky O. V. ,   Institute for Economics and Forecasting of NAS of Ukraine, Vasyltsiv T. G. ,   Institute of Regional Research named after M. I. Dolishniy of the NAS of Ukraine, Berezivskyi Y. P. ,   Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies Lviv
Published: March 2021

At the stage of formation of post-industrial society, the problem of implementing the strategy of transition to an intellectually oriented model of economic development is actualized, along with a comprehensive modernization of the socio-economic system of the State, which is explained by the need to develop new approaches to ensuring the competitiveness of the national economy as part of the world economy system. The research is aimed at substantiating the theoretical-methodological principles and developing practical recommendations for the introduction of institutional and innovative factors of technological development in order to ensure the competitiveness of the national economy in the context of global informatization. The object of research is the process of improving the State policy of ensuring technological development as the basis for the competitiveness of the national economy. In the process of research, the following general scientific and special methods were used: synthesis, system analysis, statistical and economic analysis, comparative and indicative methods, method of main components, groupings, logical analysis, strategic management. The dual impact of innovation activity together with institutional factors on strengthening the competitiveness of the national economy is substantiated; the prerequisites, volumes and effectiveness of technological development of the national economy of the country are characterized; the scope, factors and obstacles to innovation activity are determined; a structural and functional analysis of the efficiency of the system of the State-based regulation of technological development of the economic complex of the country is carried out; the institutional and legal basis of technological development of the economy is defined; the organizational and economic means and directions of infrastructure development of the research and innovation activity are substantiated. Prospects for further research in this direction are the definition of a number of institutional and innovative tendencies associated with socio-labor, demographic, foreign economic and other processes, in view of their ability to influence the pace of technological development of the national economic system.
The Information and Analytical Model of the Decision-Making Process for the Development of Health Insurance Programs
Authors:   Odesa National Polytechnic University, Klepikova O. А. , Sokolovska Z. M. ,   Odesa National Polytechnic University
Published: March 2021

The article is aimed at studying and automating the stages of decision-making process for the development and implementation of health insurance products using the economic, mathematical, and simulation modeling. When analyzing the scientific works of scholars on the development of health insurance in Ukraine, the main stages of the decision-making process are allocated, the major of them are: the market need for an insurance product in the external environment; clear definition of the company’s tactical and strategic goals; examining the properties and characteristics of the insurance product; risk assessment and profitability of the insurance product. In the course of the study, the modeling of risk assessment, profitability of health insurance programs and analysis of the obtained results were carried out in detail. It is substantiated that a comprehensive analysis of the risk and profitability of health insurance programs will allow to form the necessary insurance reserves, to ensure the competitive position of an insurance company and to fulfill the targeted goals. If statistical information is available, any health insurance programs, including the COVID-19 insurance programs that require an assessment of pandemic risk, which requires special attention from both society and insurance, can be analyzed. It should be noted that modeling is a key element for assessing and managing pandemic risk. Prospects for further research in this direction are the expansion of the base of economic, mathematical and analytical models for assessing the risk of insurance portfolio and the inclusion in the simulation model of a wider range of factors of both the external and the internal environment.
Legal Regulation of the Level of Food Provision for the Population of Ukraine
Authors:   Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force University, Vorzhevitina H. I.
Published: March 2021

The article is concerned with studying the problems of legal regulation of the level of food provision for the population of Ukraine. The norms of both the legislative and by-law acts regulating food security and food provision, as well as the work of scholars who studied this problem before, were examined. Food provision for the population of Ukraine can be defined as the State-based providing citizens of Ukraine with access to food of proper quality in the amount sufficient for the normal functioning of the human body and preservation of its health. This concept is closely related to the concept of food security. Food security is a state of physical provision by the main food groups of the appropriate level of quality and safety, as well as the forming of the State food reserve not lower than the officially established limit norm. The level of food provision for the population of Ukraine should meet the needs of citizens in a sufficient amount of food of proper quality. The normative legal acts regulating the level of food provision for the population of Ukraine can be divided into the following groups: defining requirements for the safety and quality of food products; consolidating the legal status of food producers; carrying out legislative regulation of the legal status of agricultural land; establishing measures of the State support for food producers; implementing the State regulation of imports of agricultural products; intended for legal regulation of wholesale and retail trade in foods; ensuring the State regulation of food prices; determining standards of the subsistence minimum for the citizens of Ukraine. Proposals on amendments to the Law of Ukraine «On subsistence minimum» to ensure an adequate level of food provision for the population of Ukraine are formulated.
Оptimization of Business Processes of Tourism Enterprises
Authors:   Uman National University of Horticulture, Kozhukhivskа R. B.
Published: March 2021

The need to optimize the business processes of tourism enterprises is determined by changes in business needs, in particular in the economic and financial-economic activities. In order to ensure the success of enterprises in the tourism sector, it is necessary to constantly develop and change, improve their business processes in accordance with market conditions and consumer needs. The article examines the conceptual principles for optimizing the business processes of tourism enterprises. It is specified that the optimization of business processes is one of the aspects of the enterprise development whereby the targets and tasks are achieved, in particular: increasing profits and productivity of activities, reducing costs, increasing the target audience, etc. In the course of research, the key principles and features of optimizing the business processes of tourism enterprises are distinguished. It is determined that the business processes of the tourism enterprise are formed from an aggregate of certain actions and factors, containing causal connection. The results of business process are: the formed value added; the expanded range of consumers, partners; maintaining competitive positions in the market; improvement of economic activity, and as a sum – increase in profits. It is found out that the most critical in the system of optimization of business processes of tourism enterprises are express diagnostics and fundamental diagnostics. The main criteria for optimizing the business processes of the tourism enterprise are defined and proposals for their addition by such indicators as execution time and cost of processes are made. It is noted that each of these criteria is evaluated through the system of indicators, which is formed within the framework of the analysis of business processes of the enterprise. The most appropriate methods and methods of collecting information that can be used in optimizing business processes are defined. The basic elements and parameters of business process optimization are outlined. The main analytical aspects of optimization of business processes of tourism enterprises are analyzed.
Financial Security of the Banking System of Ukraine: The Essence and Evaluation
Authors:   Sumy State University, Mordan Y. Y. , Zhuravka O. S. ,   Sumy State University, Didenko K. V. ,   Sumy State University, Kravchenko Y. I. ,   Sumy State University
Published: March 2021

The article is aimed at defining the essence of financial security of the banking system (FSBS) and carrying out a comprehensive evaluation of its current status. The article examines and systematizes the publications of scholars on the definition of «financial security of the bank». To examine the status of the FSBS, the indicators of resource-forming, credit, investment activities of banks and the dynamics of their income and expenses are analyzed. In the course of analysis, it was found out that the indicators of the resource-forming and investment components of the banking sector of Ukraine have positive dynamics and do not pose threats to its financial security. The analysis of credit security indicators identified a significant threat to the financial security of the banking system – a significant proportion of non-performing loans. The dynamics of incomes and expenses of the banking sector has demonstrated that the banking system is gradually coming out of the crisis and has a positive financial result since 2018. To summarize the analysis, both the indices and the integral indicator of the FSBS were computed in accordance with the methodological recommendations of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, the results of computing led to conclusion that the financial security of the banking system of Ukraine is at a dangerous level. Prospects for further research are condition due to the low level of financial security of the banking system of Ukraine and the need to develop a set of measures aimed at improving the overall level of financial security of the banking system.
An Overview of the Fiscal Decentralization in the Context of the State and Local Taxes in Ukraine
Authors:   V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ponomarova T. V. , Komlieva M. A. ,   V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Published: March 2021

One of the key elements of the analysis of the efficiency of reforms at the State level is the effectiveness and a shift in quantitative indicators of the relevant statistical categories. In Ukraine, the period after 2014 is considered to be the time of legislative changes and reforms. Among them, according to experts and politicians, the most successful is the decentralization reform. Its implementation is based primarily on changes in the taxation system both at the national and local levels. Accordingly, the main indicator of achieving the goals of fiscal decentralization can be considered changes in the structure of tax redistribution between the local and the State budgets. This article provides an assessment of the level and dynamics of the main types of taxes as to their proportion between different levels of fiscal centralization. In the course of the research, a comparative analysis of rates and monetary measurement of both the national and local taxes and fees was carried out. The authors account tax revenues in a geographical context and during the last eight years, which allows assessing the impact of the reform on the amount of taxes collected, identifying the leading regions, as well as tracking the taxation trends. As a result of the research, it is found out that fiscal decentralization since the beginning of its implementation has been a significant factor in the growth of tax revenues in local budgets. Nevertheless, personal income tax prevails among fiscal fillers of budgets at the local level, so the problems of unemployment and lack of jobs in times of coronavirus crisis pose a challenge for the financial security of territorial communities. Further research on the topic is considered promising given the effectiveness of combining the benefits of fiscal decentralization with the relevant instruments of the State support to increase the local budget funds.
Substantiating the Creative Industry Criteria
Authors:   Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Pererva I. M.
Published: March 2021

The article is aimed at researching the specifics and features of the concept of «creative industries» and defining the criteria that would identify activities as belonging to the creative sector precisely; studying the concept of «creative industries» and their relationship with «cultural industries»; disclosing the essence of various classifications of cultural and creative industries; generalization of theoretical approaches to the studies on this sector. As result of the research, the main approaches of scholars, practitioners and organizations on the definition of the concepts of «cultural industries» and «creative industries» and the peculiarities of the development of this sector of the economy are analyzed and disclosed. The genesis of these concepts in various literary sources is highlighted and the formation of the creative industry as an integral part in the transition from industrial society to intellectual is shown. The relationship and the proportion of cultural and creative industries are examined. The role of creative industries in innovative processes is considered, which allows to identify their impact on both economic and social development of society. Both the personal and the organizational models of classification of creative industries in historical retrospective of periods of creative industries development are provided. The peculiarities and characterizations of the models of classification of creative industries and the basic conditions for the inclusion of industries in the creative sector are determined. Based on the analysis and generalization, the main criteria are allocated that will allow identifying activities as belonging to the creative sector. Prospects for further research in this direction are the use of creative industry criteria to develop a universal system of classification of creative industries and a comprehensive idea of development of the creative sector in general.
Influence of Risk Management on the Formation of the Enterprise’s Business Process Management Strategy in the Digital Economy: The International Experience
Authors:   Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Klymchuk M. M. , Achkasov I. A. ,   Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Klymchuk S. A. ,   National Technical University of Ukraine «Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute», Poliak O. P. ,   Oster College of Construction and Design
Published: March 2021

The publication is aimed at examining the influence of risk management on the formation of a strategy for the development of enterprise in the digital economy. At this, the instrumental part of the research is based on the integrated theory of IT risk management and the global risk management practice both at the national and international levels. Intensification of the pace of digital transformation at all levels of the economic system, increased competition in the domestic and foreign markets, limited traditional growth resources determine relevance of the problem of ensuring the sustainable development of the production-economic systems. Determining the factors of advancing development, scientists are unanimous in the opinion that the key to economic growth of enterprise is the introduction of digital technologies. That is why the key condition for the development of the production-economic systems is the management of investment in the digitalization. The systematization and generalization of scientific developments of leading domestic and foreign scholars made it possible to distinguish the directions of digital technologies development, the advantages of their incorporation into the production-commercial activities of enterprise, and present the theoretical-instrumental basis for the research on the problems of investing in the digitalization process. The theoretical basis for managing the investment of digital transformations at the enterprise in the context of an integrated approach were the systemic economic theory and the integrated IT risk management theory. The problematics of digital transformation investment management at the enterprise is studied, whereby the instrumental basis is distinguished, which on his part is based on the systemic economic theory and the integrated IT risk management theory, as well as on the complex-system and the spatial-vector approaches. The model of development of recursive-convergence methodology of formation of the strategy of enterprise development on the basis of digital economy is presented. The model of formation of the development strategy of enterprises taking into account the digital economy is proposed, where the concepts of digitalization management and options for financing digital transformations are systematized within the terms of the implementation of four strategies: innovative, investment, market and functional.
Global Changes in Approaches to Ensuring Financial Criteria for the Development of Enterprises Based on Accounting the Stakeholder Interests
Authors:   V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Portna O. V. , Chernysh Y. O. ,   V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Published: March 2021

Ensuring the development of enterprises, its reliable financial basis, stability and intensification of financial-economic relations, attraction and expansion of stakeholder groups are both systemic, complex processes and the result of interaction of all subsystems and elements of the internal and external environment of enterprise. The article is aimed at generalizing the world’s leading trends in ensuring reliable financial criteria for the development of enterprises on the basis of accounting the stakeholders’ interests for the application of systematic approaches to the formation and implementation of strategic and tactical components of business success in the context of global changes. Based on the analysis of advanced world approaches, the components of business growth system are distinguished to ensure reliable financial criteria for the development of enterprise; the formation of the projection of financial-economic interests of stakeholders on business and the possibility of their influence on ensuring stable financial criteria for the development of enterprises is considered; the approach to ensuring business growth, formation and achievement of high financial criteria for the development of enterprise, taking into account the interests of stakeholders, is suggested. Generalization of world approaches to ensuring reliable financial criteria for the development of enterprises makes it possible to determine the increase of significance, along with the financial-economic, as well as social and ecological components and strategic aspects of the functioning and growth of business, taking into account the interests of stakeholders. The actual direction of further research is to determine the weight and financial-economic effectiveness of attracting stakeholders and taking into account their interests in the processes of ensuring high financial criteria for the development of enterprises.
Innovative Management of the Strategic Benchmarks of Competitive Advantages
Authors:   Kyiv University of Tourism, Economics and Law, Lytvyn N. Y.
Published: March 2021

The article examines the essence of forming competitive advantages of enterprise due to innovative development and management of innovation potential. The factors that influence the level of competitiveness of enterprise are determined. Ensuring competitiveness involves the systematization of all factors that impact it and their further analysis in the context of a separate enterprise. The priority is the allocation of direct action factors that form competitive advantages and, accordingly, the competitiveness of the enterprise. The main principles of innovative enterprise management should be: constant forecasting of the situation in the market of capital, goods and services, planning of actions and anticipation of crisis circumstances; avoidance of technological lagging and, as a result, its prevention; systematic implementation of innovations in all, including the interrelated, spheres of activity of enterprise; continuous investment in human capital, innovations; gaining competitive advantages. It is determined that competitive advantages are the result of interaction of enterprise resources, without which enterprise cannot form its competitiveness. In the system of competitive advantages, it is important to allocate those that are the basis of the advantages of the enterprise as a whole. Ensuring sustainable competitive positions of enterprise should be implemented within the framework of the mechanism of management of its competitiveness, which is a system of instruments, methods, levers and incentives used to form and maintain competitive advantages. The instruments of such management are means to influence the economic activity of enterprise, namely: financial, economic, organizational and technological components. The author suggests the main directions of increasing the competitiveness of enterprises on the basis of innovative management and development. Novel technologies have been identified, the implementation of which will increase the competitiveness of enterprise. The main directions of strengthening the position of enterprises in the market should be cost management, ensuring the innovative and balanced development, substantiation and introduction of the latest technologies.
Scientific Aspects of the Regional Development Goal Setting as a Component of Territorial Branding
Authors:   Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Grynevych L. V. , Bielikova N. V. ,   Research Centre of Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine, Bekker M. L. ,   Research Centre of Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine
Published: March 2021

The article is concerned with substantiating the most important features of development of the system of goals of territorial branding in the context of socio-economic development of territories. The features of territorial branding are researched, which, along with the use of classical branding instrumentarium, uses specific tools and methods, which is due to the peculiarities of its object - the territories of the country. The main components of the territory brand are generalized according to the international ratings WorldBank Ethics Indices, UNDP Human Development Index, CAF World Giving Index, Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index, etc. It is determined that the main components of the brand of the territory are the brand image, which means the overall impression of the brand and its perception by society as a whole and stakeholders in particular; brand identity, as well as infrastructure and marketing components that support the brand and increase its strength. The analysis of scientific approaches to territorial branding has proved that in general they are aimed at determining its various components, but none of them pays enough attention to goal setting as a key element of branding. The logical scheme of the relationship between the elements of the goal setting of territorial branding is proposed. It is proved that the main elements of goal setting of regional development and territorial branding are mission, vision and the system of strategic and operational goals, which are determined taking into account the opinions of experts and residents of the territory. Consistency and interconnection of all elements of goal setting will increase the efficiency of territorial branding. Prospect for further research is to develop methodological support for algorithmization of the territory brand development process.
Determinants of the Formation of a Global Inclusive Circular Economy
Authors:   West Ukrainian National University, Zvarych I. Y.
Published: March 2021

The transitive path of transition from linear to circular economy is marked by a change in the positioning of global risks from year to year, which is strictly defined by the determinants of such a change. Thus, the main risks for 2020 according to the World Economic Forum are those related to the environment and occupy the first positions in the ranking for the last three years (in particular, in 2019, the most influential was the risk of extreme weather events). A gradual increase in awareness of this risk has led to a change in the moods of both manufacturers and consumers. Experts assessed climate change as the main risk in 2019, ahead of losses from cyberattacks, financial instability and terrorism. Thus, in order to mitigate this risk in 2020, the global business community proposed to implement circular «constructions», reducing the use of resources and prioritizing low-carbon materials. The potential consequences of the transition to a circular economy regarding greenhouse gas emissions are significant, and they can be achieved mainly by increasing the efficiency of resource use; increasing the useful life of buildings and assets; increase in processing and reuse and absolute reduction of the use of primary raw materials. Reducing the intensity of materials production, sustainable land use and rehabilitation, protection of ecosystems, efficiency of the use of resources and renewable energy sources – all this is related to the concept of a circular economy that will help preserve natural capital. Thus, a circular economy can be seen as an effective strategy to help mitigate climate change.
The International Tourism Development as a Way to Formation of Cross-Cultural Tolerance
Authors:   Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University, Atamanchuk Z. A.
Published: March 2021

The scientific publication is aimed at exploring the communicative aspects of tourism, its value impact on humans, substantiating the peculiarities of the development of international tourism as a way to formation of cross-cultural tolerance. The article accentuates on the cultural values and value characterizations of international tourism, the role of the communicative culture of the individual as the main link in the concept of the theoretical model of universal human values, the importance of adherence to the principles of tolerance, which are becoming increasingly important in the modern world in the context of globalization of the economy, development of communications, growth of mobility, integration, interdependence and transformation of social cultures. The approaches to analyzing tourism as a social and cultural phenomenon are systematized, the stages of the communication process are distinguished. The author analyzes the content of the most significant documents in the sphere of international tourism adopted with the participation of the World Tourist Organization, which emphasizes the need to adhere to tolerant forms of communication. The focus is placed on the role of international organizations in strengthening cultural ties between peoples, mutual enrichment of cultures as a result of tourist exchange, observance of the principles of tolerance. On the way to the application in practice of establishing intercultural communications in international tourism, the article substantiates effectiveness of such methods as: introduction of an adequate system of acculturation, which involves such types of communication ties as integration, assimilation, division, marginalization at the levels of emotions, actions and cognition; creation of such conditions by the host party, which would contribute to increasing the level of satisfaction of tourists by establishing a constant exchange of information, maintaining feedback, disseminating content among visitors regarding the prospects for the development of tourist infrastructure of the host country.
Behavioral Patterns of Economic Decision-Making at the Local Level: The Theoretical Principles
Authors:   Institute of Regional Research named after M. I. Dolishniy of the NAS of Ukraine, Patytska K. O.
Published: March 2021

The article is aimed at defining the behavioral patterns of economic decision-making at the level of territorial hromadas. The main difference between traditional economic science and behavioral economics is substantiated. The traditional economic model is formed around the behavior of the «economic man», which is characterized by rationality in decision-making, completeness of self-control, limitless cognitive skills, restricted self-interest and stability of preferences; behavioral economics – around the behavior of Humans, which is characterized by numerous behavioral biases, changing preferences, acquiring new skills and further learning, social impact, altruism, etc. Two levels of behavioral economics are highlighted: micro- and macro-levels. The first level involves the study of the peculiarities of individual decision-making, the second involves the study of the impact of the behavior of economic agents on the development of the financial market together with economic growth of territories. It is substantiated that the study of behavioral patterns at the local level in the State requires, first of all, an analysis of the peculiarities of individual decision-making in the context of the developments in the micro-behavioral economics. The principles of behavioral economics, which have a significant impact on the behavioral characteristics of economic entities in the process of economic decision-making, are systematized. Cognitive biases and heuristic methods, features of choice architecture that influence decision-making are defined. Prospects for further research in this direction are the introduction of the principles of behavioral economics in the context of the development of territorial hromadas, in particular, taking into account tendencies in decentralization and the increasing impact of the behavior of certain subjects or groups of such entities on the development of the territory with a decrease in the size of the administrative-territorial unit.
Dynamics of Global Technological Trends in the Context of Patent Data
Authors:   Kyiv National Economic University named after V. Hetman, Sobolieva T. O. , Holionko N. H. ,   Kyiv National Economic University named after V. Hetman
Published: March 2021

In modern dynamic digital conditions of interaction with external stakeholders, the future success of companies directly depends on their innovative activity, effective implementation into business processes of research and development results in the field of new technologies. The rapid development of technologies in recent years accelerates the spread of innovations, which leads to increased competition, so the organization’s ability to implement process innovations to increase its own competitiveness will determine its effectiveness and efficiency in the future. The article explores the main global technological trends by fixating on the technological spheres with the maximum number of published patent applications, as well as the average increase in the number of applications for a ten-year period in the context of technological industries. A comparison of business areas, whose representatives hold the highest rating positions in the annual world researches of innovation and success (brand value) of companies, is carried out. According to the results of the research, the most patentable technological industries are identified, which included, speaking of electrical engineering, the following: electric machines, devices, energy; digital communication and computer technologies. Among chemical technologies, the largest number of published applications was recorded in such sectors as: pharmaceuticals; chemistry of basic materials, chemical engineering. In the field of machine building, the largest number of applications was published in the transport industry sector and in relation to other special machines. The highest values of the average growth of the mentioned indicator are observed in such areas as IT methods in management, food chemistry, ecological technologies, chemical machine building, other special machines and machine-tool building. The regional aspect of technology patenting is also specified, which consists in shifting innovation activity in the emerging technological spheres towards Asian countries. The most active companies in patenting were State Grid Corp of China, Mitsubishi Electric Corp, Toyota Jidosha KK, IBM, Huawei Technologies, Samsung Electronics.
Creating the Model of Integrity and Countering Corruption to Increase the Investment-Innovative Attractiveness of Ukrainian Regions
Authors:   Donetsk Regional State Administration, Kulakov O. O.
Published: March 2021

Increasing Ukraine’s investment attractiveness requires the creation of a fundamentally new model of integrity and countering corruption. Ukraine consists of regions that have different investment attractiveness. In the conditions of limited investment resources of Ukraine, the creation of a transparent economy is the basis of development. The Corruption Perception Index, which is the main indicator of investment development of the economies of the countries, shows the lack of progress in the countering corruption in Ukraine. Therefore, it is necessary to implement programs on integrity and countering corruption based on experience of European and other developed countries to increase the investment attractiveness of Ukraine and its regions. The article is aimed at developing a model of integrity and countering corruption, which is the basis for increasing the investment attractiveness of Ukraine for investment and innovation development. The main actors interacting with the authorities are identified for the model of integrity and countering corruption based on the analysis of the activities of the authorities. The principles of interaction between the authorities and other entities in order to overcome corruption are also characterized. The components of influencing the effectiveness of implementation of the model of integrity and countering corruption are analyzed. It is noted that the model of integrity and countering corruption has mechanisms for maintaining formal and informal rules based on the analysis of the interaction of authorities to prevent corruption. The main elements, results and a program of the model of integrity and countering corruption are developed to support this model. In order to effectively implement the model of integrity and countering corruption, it is necessary to introduce accountability, accountability mechanisms and means of control of accountability issues in order to identify the advantages and disadvantages of implementation.
Steuern im Griff
Authors: Brandl Rainer , Leitner Roman
Published: March 2021

Risiken erkennen - vermeiden - bewältigen In der Rolle des Unternehmers oder der Unternehmerin, der Geschäftsführung oder einer Führungskraft sind Sie jederzeit auch finanzstrafrechtlichen Risiken ausgesetzt. Ein grundlegendes Verständnis für solche Risiken ist damit unentbehrlich - vor allem dann, wenn es darum geht, persönliche Haftungsrisiken oder Verbandsrisiken für das Unternehmen abzuwenden. Dieses Buch führt Ihnen unmittelbar vor Augen, welche zentralen Finanzvergehen in der Praxis tatsächlich vorkommen und auf welchen Grundlagen des Finanzstrafrechts diese basieren. Viele Beispiele und Fälle zeigen, wo die häufigsten Problemstellungen liegen und welche Strategien es zur Risikovermeidung gibt. Was Sie in diesem Buch lernen: - Techniken zur Risikoevaluierung - Wie die Kommunikation mit Behörden funktioniert - Wann und an wen Sie delegieren sollten - Wie Sie eine Steuerprüfung begleiten - Wie Sie mit weiteren Risiken umgehen, wenn bereits eine Prüfung stattgefunden hat - Wann Sie Berater oder Beraterinnen benötigen und nach welchen Kriterien Sie diese auswählen - Welche Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Intervention bzw Verteidigung bestehen, wenn es bereits zu einem Verfahren gekommen ist Die Ausführungen in diesem Buch sind bewusst einfach gehalten und auch ohne langwieriges Gesetzesstudium leicht nachvollziehbar. Damit sind Sie bestens gerüstet, um in einer heiklen Situation rasch eine Einschätzung der Risiken selbst vornehmen und direkt strategische Entscheidungen treffen zu können. Für wen? Der Praxisleitfaden richtet sich an Unternehmer und Unternehmerinnen, an Geschäftsführer und Geschäftsführerinnen und an Führungskräfte. Darüber hinaus soll das Buch Beratern und Beraterinnen erleichtern, diese komplexe Materie ihren Klienten und Klientinnen, näher zu bringen.
Der Unterhaltsanspruch des Kindes und seine Grenzen
Authors: Schoditsch Thomas , Feka Visare
Published: March 2021

Systematischer Überblick über den Unterhaltsanspruch mit zahlreichen Einzelfragen Das Buch bietet einen Überblick zum Unterhaltsanspruch des Kindes und seinen Grenzen. Es verdeutlicht, dass der zivilrechtliche Anspruch des § 231 ABGB intensiv mit anderen Rechtsgebieten - wie dem Verfahrensrecht, dem FLAG oder dem Unterhaltsvorschussgesetz - verwoben ist. Diese systemische Betrachtung führt vielfach zu neuen Lösungsvorschlägen für umstrittene Praxisfragen; zudem ergeben sich daraus Vorschläge für eine Reform des Kindschaftsrechts. Unterlegt mit zahlreichen Prüfungsschemata und der aktuellen Judikatur von OGH und VwGH behandeln die Autor*innen insbesondere folgende Schwerpunkte: - Unterhaltsanspruch von Studierenden - Verhältnis des § 231 ABGB zur Familienbeihilfe - Rückforderung von Unterhaltsleistungen - Informationsrechte des Unterhaltsverpflichteten - Verjährung des Unterhaltsanspruchs