Vol 13, No 4 (2023)

The article deals with the urgent tasks of ensuring the sustainability of the pharmaceutical supply chain. Unsustainable work of supply chain participants negatively affects the availability of medicines for the population, as well as the costs of budgets at all levels for health care. The irrational spending of all types of resources for the production, and subsequently for the distribution of pharmaceutical products, creates a threat to the socio-economic well-being of future generations. Therefore, existing pharmaceutical supply chains must be carefully analyzed and optimized. To improve the sustainability of supply chains, it is recommended to apply the concept of integrated business planning. For the high efficiency of business planning, it is advisable to apply innovative digital technological solutions. Digitalization of production and distribution functions increases the coordination of supply chain participants based on reliable information about demand, minimizes the consequences of disruptions in the processes of production and delivery of medicines. This makes a significant contribution to ensuring the sustainability of the pharmaceutical supply chain. These methodological provisions are planned to be used to develop a model for the sustainability of the pharmaceutical supply chain.

Sustainable development of megacities is an urgent task of our time. The development of the citizen mobility in this process plays a dominant role. Urban transport should create safe, comfortable and accessible travel conditions and promote the development of public transport, reducing the demand for personal cars when moving in an urban environment. The basis of urban mobility is the effective management of the transport system objects, taking into account urban planning policy, historical features of the metropolis, the expectations of citizens and business requirements. The article deals with the problems of managing the development of transport mobility based on the improvement of such management processes as planning, procurement, updating of the regulatory framework and the organization of stakeholders' interaction in making management decisions.

The transformation of automobility as a result of the sharing services and mobility as a service concept has changed the supply chains of automotive companies and their role in the emerging automobility ecosystems. The article explains the need to expand the value proposition of the Russian automotive companies to embrace the opportunities of the sharing economy. The concept of automotive companies participation in the digital ecosystem of automobility as a service is suggested. The proposals are based on the study of government statistics, reports and reviews of consulting and research agencies, documents of international organizations, data and documents of car manufacturers, the author's own research.

Forecasting the development of small and medium-sized businesses is an important task for large market economy entities. The purpose of the study was to develop a short-term forecast of entrepreneurship indicators in the Russian Federation based on a comprehensive forecast model implemented in the intelligent hybrid system Horizon. The large country econometric model of the Russian Federation is based on the authors' methodology for constructing a distributed system for calculating short-term and medium-term forecasts of socio-economic development indicators, including blocks of indicators of macroeconomics, financial, innovation and social activity.This article describes the structure of a new block of the model – a block of entrepreneurship indicators. The results of predictive calculations using an econometric model, neural network models and a random forest are presented. The application of a set of models made it possible to obtain high-quality forecasts for all entrepreneurship indicators.

The article is devoted to the consideration of entrepreneurial activity and its role in the economy, society, innovative development, assessment through public, statistical and entrepreneurial eyes (based on sociological surveys and disclosure of the motivational profile of entrepreneurial activity). The authors analyzed the development of entrepreneurship in Russia on the basis of open objective data (statistics, data from public organizations).The article presents the evolution of approaches to the definition and evaluation of entrepreneurial activity, characteristics of the most successful entrepreneurs and differences in the motivational profile of the head-owner from the profile of the hired manager based on their own research. The authors' classification of managers-owners based on the prevailing motives of activity is given.The open sources of data on the development of entrepreneurship in Russia are analyzed. They are as follows: statistical data, the public organization "Support of Russia", the SME platform, etc. The results of a statistical analysis of the development of entrepreneurship in Russia are presented. This allows to conclude that the number of enterprises is decreasing. The share of unprofitable organizations is growing. Modern statistical indicators are insufficient for a comprehensive assessment of entrepreneurial activity. Small business development indicators are excluded from a number of statistical collections. Retrospective data on the support measures provided in quantitative and monetary terms are excluded from the portals of funds and support centers entrepreneurship.

The article discusses the concept, goals of creation and general characteristics of international transport corridors. The authors provide a brief description of the prerequisites for the formation and development of international transport corridors. From the point of view of micro and macro economic indicators, the contribution of international transport corridors to the development of the national economy of the member states of the transport system is considered. Conclusions about the importance of international transport corridors for the economy of the state can be used in the future to assess the need for the development of transport and logistics infrastructure within the framework of already functioning international transport corridors, to identify new strategic directions for the formation of new international transport corridors in the context of changing macroeconomic prerequisites and the redistribution of transport flows amidst sanctions, as well as to assess the prospects for the formation of new transport corridors. The article may be of interest to researchers of global and regional economics, transport and logistics, international entrepreneurship and public administration.

The article presents the results of a study of external and internal factors of the design organization in construction, taking into account industry specifics. The author's contribution consists in clarifying and systematizing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the organization for the implementation of design works and engineering surveys in construction. In the article, the key strengths of the organization for the development of opportunities and reduction of threats to its activities are identified. The method of SWOT analysis was applied.

The article explores current problems in the work of participants in the supply chain of low-alcohol products. This market segment has industry-specific features that are not fully taken into account by existing methods for developing logistics solutions. For the purposes of the analysis, the considered problems were grouped depending on the nature of the influencing factors - legislative and organizational. To mitigate the influence of negative factors, the following recommendations are proposed: to improve the process of monitoring transactions in all parts of the supply chain based on digital technologies; regulate procedures and criteria for activation of return flows; promptly adjust the business processes of supply chain participants in connection with changes in the requirements for accounting for labeled products. The practical significance of the results obtained is expressed in improving the quality of the process of monitoring the supply of low-alcohol products to retail chains. Up-to-date monitoring data will allow businesses to adjust deliveries in a timely manner when the market situation changes.

The article proposes a methodology for choosing a certain form of network interaction depending on the strategic goals set by the higher educational institution. The author identifies the distinctive characteristics of each form of strategic interaction of universities, namely, a strategic alliance, a virtual organization, a consortium, an association and a cluster. Based on the comparison of the distinctive features of forms of network interaction and performance indicators of network interaction, the forms of network interaction are determined. Participating in network interaction, higher educational institutions can significantly improve specific performance indicators. The forms of network interaction that have a minimal impact on a specific performance indicator are indicated.