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The scientific journal "Epomen" was founded in 2016 with the aim of organizing and expanding a single educational, scientific and innovative space. The scientific journal publishes the results of original research, as well as relevant analytical reviews, information about scientific events and discussion materials in Russian and English. As an exception, by agreement with the editors, materials in other languages ​​are accepted, but in this case they must be accompanied by information about a specialist - a native speaker who checked and edited the manuscript. All materials undergo a mandatory procedure of internal double-blind peer review, the editors aim to further improve the quality of peer review by attracting leading experts. The founder and editorial staff adhere to the principle of free access to published materials. For this purpose, the website of the journal was organized in Russian and English, containing, in particular, annotations to all published articles, materials are posted in the RSCI

 

The journal covers the following areas:

 

Economics: 

 

1. Regional and sectoral economics (specialty code: 5.2.3.):

• Regional economy: theories of spatial and regional economy; spatial organization of the national economy; spatial distribution of economic resources; regional economic development and its factors; problems of regional development balance; balance of regional socio-economic complexes; economic zoning; assessment of the role of regions in the national economy, their contribution to the economic development of the country; monitoring of socio-economic development regions. regional economic dynamics; factors of stability of regional economic systems; structure of regional economy by branches and forms of ownership; economic specialization of regions; problems of regional socio-economic differentiation; tools for smoothing regional imbalances in the national economy; regional and local markets; the problem of ensuring the unity of the economic space; regional economic policy: goals, tools, evaluation of results; theoretical and applied aspects of the economy of federal relations. fiscal federalism; economic and social problems of local self-government; inter-municipal cooperation; special economic and legal regimes of regional and local development; assessment of the effectiveness of regional economic policy in the Russian Federation, federal districts, federal subjects and municipalities; assessment and forecasting of prospects for the development of regional economic systems.
  
  
• Industrial economics: theoretical and methodological foundations for the analysis of industrial development problems; issues of assessing and improving the efficiency of economic activity at enterprises and in industries; resource base of industrial development; patterns of functioning and development of industries; formation and functioning of industrial product markets; competitiveness of manufacturers of industrial products; business processes at enterprises and in industries; theory and methodology of forecasting business processes in industry; pricing in industry; foreign economic activity of industrial companies and enterprises; industrial policy; formation of mechanisms for sustainable economic development of industrial sectors, complexes, enterprises; public-private partnership in industry; fuel and energy balance of the country and administrative-territorial entities; problems of increasing energy efficiency and the use of alternative energy sources; structural changes in industry and management by them; tools for intra-company and strategic planning at industrial enterprises, industries and complexes.
  
  
• The economy of the agro-industrial complex (agro-industrial complex): theoretical and methodological foundations for the analysis of the problems of the development of agriculture and other branches of the agro-industrial complex; issues of assessing and improving the efficiency of economic activity at enterprises and in the branches of the agro-industrial complex; resource base for the development of the branches of the agro-industrial complex. Formation and functioning of agro-industrial complex resource markets; agricultural land market, land relations in the agricultural sector of the economy and rural areas; formation and functioning of agricultural production markets; competitiveness of agricultural producers; agro-industrial complex business processes. Theory and methodology of forecasting business processes in agriculture. Investments and innovations in the agro-industrial complex; pricing in agriculture and agro-industrial complex; foreign economic activity of agricultural and agro-industrial companies and enterprises; agricultural policy and state support for agricultural industries; land management as a factor in the development and improvement of agricultural production efficiency; institutional transformations in the agro-industrial complex; economic problems of personal subsidiary farming development. development of agricultural cooperation; economics, organization and management in peasant (farmer) farms and rural individual entrepreneurs; forecasting the development of the agro-industrial complex and agriculture; features of the formation and use of human capital in the agricultural sector; employment and incomes of the rural population; the relationship between the development of agriculture and agriculture with the sustainable development of rural areas (including the development of social infrastructure).
  
  
• Economics of the service sector: theoretical and methodological foundations for analyzing the problems of development of service industries; issues of assessing and improving the efficiency of economic activity at enterprises and in service industries; patterns of functioning and development of service industries; resource potential of service industries and the effectiveness of its use; formation and functioning of service markets; business processes at enterprises and in the service industries. Theory and methodology of forecasting business processes in the service sector; pricing in service industries; competitiveness of service producers; economic foundations of the functioning of non-profit organizations in the service sector; features of the formation and development of the public (state) sector of the service sector; economics of education; economics of healthcare; economics of trade; wholesale and retail trade; economics of communication and telecommunications industries; tourism and recreation; policy of regulation and support for the development of service industries; public-privateprivate partnership in the service sector; socio-economic efficiency and quality of public services in the service sector; features of small and medium-sized forms of entrepreneurial activity in service industries; organizational and economic mechanisms for ensuring innovative development of service industries; ensuring the competitiveness of service enterprises.
  
  
• Transport and logistics: theoretical and methodological foundations for analyzing the problems of transport economics; formation of mechanisms for sustainable development of the transport industry; problems of development of transport services markets (by modes of transport); issues of regulation of the transport industry (by modes of transport) at the national and international level; transport and logistics infrastructure, current trends in its development and theoretical and methodological foundations her analysis; economic efficiency of new construction, technical re-equipment and modernization of transport infrastructure facilities (by type of transport); methods of forecasting and strategic planning of freight and passenger transportation; environmental problems of transport services development; theory and methodology of analysis of logistics processes and supply chain management. Development of industry and functional segments of the logistics services market; modeling, forecasting and optimization of supply chains; industry and functional aspects of the development of the logistics services sector; methodology of logistics integration, planning and controlling of business processes in supply chains; logistics convergence (including omnichannel, multimodality) in supply chains; instrumentation and architecture of logistics systems; innovative types of transport and logistics services; The impact of digital technologies on the development of the transport and logistics services sector.
  
  
• Economics of construction and real estate transactions: theoretical and methodological foundations for the analysis of the development processes of the construction complex and supporting industries; Methodological support of investment and construction activities and relationships in the field of construction and real estate; investment in construction; the system of relations between participants in the investment process in construction. risks of investment in construction; theoretical, methodological and methodological foundations for evaluating the effectiveness of investment projects in construction; pricing in construction; competitiveness of construction organizations; quality management and competitiveness of construction products; housing and communal services economics; theoretical and methodological foundations of economics and management of housing stock and housing and communal services; analysis of the state and main trends in the development of the real estate market and its segments; analysis of the state and main trends in the development of the investment and construction market and the real estate market; theoretical and methodological foundations real estate management; theory of real estate valuation; real estate development and real estate business; managing the value of real estate objects at various stages of the life cycle; regional and urban real estate development; methodological support for the efficiency of operation, reproduction and expansion of the housing stock; forecasting the real estate market; state regulation in construction; state policy in the field of housing construction. State regulation of the real estate market.
  
  
• Economics of innovation: theoretical and methodological foundations for the analysis of problems of innovative development and innovation policy; types of innovations; innovation life cycle. innovative potential of countries, regions, industries and economic entities; contribution of innovations to economic development and competitiveness of economic entities; digital transformation of economic activity; Models and tools of digital transformation; national innovation systems, their structural elements and participants; innovation infrastructure and innovation climate; problems of creating an effective innovation environment; theory, methodology and methods of evaluating the effectiveness of innovative projects and programs; development of methodology and methods of analysis, modeling and forecasting of innovation activity. Assessment of innovative activity of economic entities; success factors of innovative projects; problems of commercialization of innovations and mechanisms of technology transfer; the role of intellectual property in innovation; methods for determining the optimal directions of innovation at the corporate, sectoral and national levels; innovation and innovation project management at the level of companies, enterprises and organizations; innovation risks; innovation policy. mechanisms and tools to stimulate innovation activity and improve the innovation climate; venture mechanisms to support innovation; problems of ensuring balanced scientific, technical and innovative development of the national economy.
  
• Population economics and labor economics: population as a subject and object of economic relations; economic, institutional and socio-cultural determinants of the dynamics of demographic processes; the relationship of demographic and economic behavior; the concept of human development; economic demography: concepts, concepts, trends, indicators; the influence of demographic factors on economic development; generational changes in demographic and socio-economiceconomic processes; intergenerational transfers of income and resources; the economy of population aging; household economics; household structure and budgets; family life cycle; specifics of domestic work and problems of its accounting; inequality economics; gender economics; positive and negative aspects of inequality in the context of economic development problems; health economics; health as a component of human capital; the impact of population health on economic development; spatial population settlement; ethno-regional features of population reproduction. processes of urbanization and deurbanization; cost, standard and quality of life; poverty: indicators, measurement methods, socio-demographic determinants; demographic forecasts. historical and prospective population studies; modeling of demographic and economic-demographic processes; demographic policy, its relationship with social and family policy; social budgeting; economic and socio-demographic factors and concepts of human resource development; theoretical and methodological foundations of labor economics; quantitative and qualitative characteristics of labor resources; human capital and its characteristics; the labor market, its functioning and development; employment of the population; unemployment; mobility in the labor market; productivity and labor efficiency: the essence, dynamics, measurement methods, factors and reserves of improvement; stimulation and remuneration of employees; problems of formation of professional competencies, training, retraining and advanced training of personnel; formation of competitiveness of employees; professional orientation population; economy of population migration; determinants and socio-economic consequences of migration; labor migration and its regulation; migration policy; organization and rationing of labor; labor conditions, safety and security; social and labor relations and their regulation; international experience in regulating social and labor relations and prospects for its use in the Russian Federation; problems of social security, social insurance and social protection of the population, types and forms of provision; pension system and prospects for its development.
  
  
• Economics of environmental management and land management: theoretical and methodological foundations of the economics of nature management, land management and environmental parotection; economic assessment of land and other types of natural resources; sustainability and efficiency of socio-ecological and economic development. the system of indicators of sustainable development of territories; analysis of the impact of anthropogenic factors on the environment; criteria, methods and forms of rational use of land and other types of natural resources; assessment of the ecological capacity of territories of different levels; development and improvement of methods and techniques for economic assessment and compensation of environmental damage; economic aspects of waste disposal. analysis of the state and determination of the possibilities of using secondary resources of industries (intersectoral complex); improvement of the regulatory framework for the ecological and economic justification of the use of land and other types of natural resources; strategies to increase the efficiency of the use of natural resources in the national economy; resource and energy conservation; environmental policy; stimulating the greening of the economy and improving the efficiency of environmental management by methods of economic policy; methodological foundations and methodological apparatus for risk assessment in the field of environmental management, land management and land and property relations; theory and methodology of land management design; theory and methodology of maintaining cadastres and registers of natural resources and real estate; improvement of land management design and organization of rational nature management based on the use of modern geoinformation systems, information and communication technologies and artificial intelligence technologies; landscape and adaptive land management; economic-ecological and economic-economic justification of priority areas and prospects for the development, reclamation and environmental management of land; methodology and ecological and economic justification for the development of systems of measures to preserve and improve natural landscapes, restore and increase soil fertility, recultivate disturbed lands, protect soils from erosion; the problem of combating climate change. Issues of the development of a "green" and low-carbon economy.
  
  
• Marketing: marketing theory; modern trends and trends in the development of marketing activities; conceptual foundations, content, forms and methods of strategic and operational marketing; modeling of strategic and operational marketing decisions; marketing in the markets of goods and services; marketing strategies and marketing activities of business entities; state and trends in the development of the external and internal environment of marketing activities, segmentation identification of market niches; formation and development of integrated marketing information systems; marketing analytics; methods and technologies of marketing research; consumer behavior as a factor in determining marketing strategies; evaluation of competitors' activities, its use in the company's marketing activities; competitiveness of goods (services); benchmarking; product and assortment policy; development of a positioning system and market promotion of trademarks, brand creation and brand management; strategies and methods building marketing channels for the distribution of goods; strategies, forms and methods of price and non-price competition in modern markets of goods and services; marketing communications. Development of modern forms and methods of advertising activity, organization and evaluation of advertising effectiveness in the marketing communications system; marketing technologies in the Internet environment; modern methods of forming the image of an organization as an element of marketing strategy; socio-ethical marketing in the system of priorities of social responsibility of business; marketing of non-profit organizations; marketing of territories as a factor of socio-economic development and increasing investment attractiveness.
  
  
• Accounting, audit and economic statistics: conceptual foundations, theory, methodology, organization, history of accounting development; national and international accounting systems and standards; features of the formation of accounting (financial, managerial, tax) reporting by industries, territories and other segments of economic activity; comprehensive economic and financial analysis of economic activity. Assessment of the effectiveness of the activities of economic entities; monitoring, analysis and evaluation of business changes; audit activities; audit, control and audit methods; classifiers of distortions in accounting and auditing; regulation and standardization of audit, control and audit rules; modern digital and information technologies in accounting, analysis and control; issues of ethics and independence in accounting and auditing activities; economic statistics; national and international statistical systems and standards; statistics of national accounts; regulation and standardization of statistical reporting; features of statistical reporting by industries, territories and other segments of economic activity; methodology for constructing statistical indicators and indicator systems; statistical observation; methods of collecting and processing statistical information; application of modern information and communication technologies in the field of economic statistics; applied statistical research in economics; statistical support of management decisions.
  
  
• Standardization and product quality management: theoretical and methodological foundations of standardization and product quality management; national and international systems of standards; standardization, conformity assessment and information support in the system of technical regulation and product quality management; ensuring the quality and competitiveness of products based on technical regulation; analysis of the state and organizational and economic aspects of metrology in product quality management; standardization and organizational and economic problems of consumer protection; organizational and economic problems of formation and monitoring of quality management systems at the enterprise (in the organization). reserves and mechanisms for improving product quality; evaluation of intellectual property in ensuring product quality; organizational and economic aspects of improving the tools for ensuring product quality; organizational and economic foundations of environmental standardization and certification of enterprises (organizations).
  
  
• Economic security: theoretical and methodological issues of economic security research; economic security in the system of national security priorities; typology of economic security problems; threats and challenges to economic security; conceptual and strategic directions for improving economic security; economic security criteria; threshold values of economic security criteria and methods of their determination; problems and mechanisms for ensuring energy security; problems and mechanisms of ensuring food security; problems of economic security related to criminal activity, the spread of the shadow economy and the financing of extremist organizations; the relationship of economic security and ensuring national defense priorities; policy and practice of ensuring economic security at the international and national levels; methods of monitoring economic security in the context of the development of digital technologies; development and application of methods, mechanisms and tools to improve economic security; economic methods of countering corruption, fraud, laundering of proceeds from crime; risk management in ensuring economic security.

 

2. Finance (specialty code:  5.2.4):

• theory and methodology of financial research. Financial services: types, specifics, functions in the economic system. Credit and its role in the economic system. Banks and banking activities. Banking system. Banking regulation. The banking supervision system and its elements. Non-bank financial institutions. Valuation of financial assets. Portfolio management of financial assets. Investment decisions in the financial sector. Behavioral finance. Public finances. Budget system and budget process. Budget policy. Proactive budgeting. Inter-budgetary relations and fiscal federalism. Budget revenues and expenditures. Balanced budgets. Assessment of the effectiveness of budget expenditures. Treasury and Treasury system of budget execution. Taxes and taxation. Tax policy. Tax administration. Ensuring budget sustainability. The national tax base and opposition to its erosion. International taxation. Corporate finance. Financial strategy of corporations. Financial management. Evaluation activity. Valuation of the enterprise (business), assets and rights. Financial control system in corporations: content, forms, methods and tools of implementation. Project and venture financing. Financial risks. Financial risk management. Household finances. Personal finance. Financial literacy. Financial instruments and transactions with them. Financial investments and financial innovations. Sustainable development finance. "Green" finance and environmental investments. Financial markets: typology, specifics, features of functioning. Regulation of financial markets. Crises in financial markets, their causes, consequences and prevention possibilities. Currency and financial transactions. Currency markets, their functioning and regulation. Insurance services market and its regulation. Payment systems and payment operators. The role and functions of money in the economic system. Monetary system and mechanisms of monetary circulation. The supply of money and the demand for it. Monetary issue. Inflation. Monetary policy in the Russian Federation and abroad. Criteria and methods for improving the effectiveness of monetary policy. Forecasting the development of financial and currency markets. New technologies in the financial sector, their impact on the state of financial services markets. Digital financial technologies (fintech). Digital financial assets.

 

3. 3. The global economy (specialty code 5.2.4):

• the world economy, its structure, dynamics and development trends. Theoretical foundations of the analysis of the world economy. International economic specialization (international division of labor). Internationalization and globalization of economic processes. International markets of goods and services, their structure and conjuncture. Pricing on the world markets of goods and services. World trade and its regulation. International capital movement. International investments. International financial markets. International labor migration. International technology trade. International cooperation in the scientific and technical field. International business. The activities of multinational companies in the real and financial sector. Strategies for the participation of regional and corporate structures in international economic cooperation (global, regional and national aspects). International payment relations. Balance of payments. Exchange rates. The world monetary system. International currency markets. Global financial architecture. International monetary and financial organizations and their role in regulating the world economy. Environmental and social aspects of global development. The concepts of "sustainable" and "inclusive" development. The role of technological factors in the development of world economic processes. Infrastructural factors of the development of world economic relations. Economics of foreign countries and regions (economic country studies and regional studies). Comparative studies of national economies in the system of world economic relations. International competitiveness of national economies. Correlation of national and international mechanisms of regulation of economic processes. International coordination of economic policy. International economic agreements. International economic integration. Activities of international economic organizations. Multilateral mechanisms and initiatives for regulating economic processes. Participation of the Russian Federation in the system of international economic relations. Foreign economic activity of Russian economic entities. Foreign economic policy of the Russian Federation.

 

4. Management (specialty code: 5.2.6.):

• management science and its development. The history of managerial thought. Modern directions of theoretical and methodological developments in the field of management. Management theory. Historical development of management systems. Comparative analysis of management systems in various socio-cultural and political conditions. Management of economic systems, principles, forms and methods of its implementation. Theory and methodology of change management in economic systems. Development of theory and methods of decision-making in economic and social systems. Artificial intelligence systems to support management decision-making. Methods and criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of management systems. Management by results. The essence, structure and distinctive features of the public (state and municipal) management system, the main trends and directions of its development. State management of socio-economic processes. State policy, mechanisms and methods of its development and implementation in various historical and country conditions. Organization as an object of management. Theory of organization. Organization management structures. Organizational changes and organizational development. Design of management systems of organizations. Business processes: methodology of construction and optimization models. Network models of the organization. Information and analytical support for the management of organizations. Organizational behavior, socio-psychological aspects of management. Leadership in the organization. Conflict management. Organizational culture. Corporate governance. Forms and methods of corporate control. Managing the company's value. Corporate social responsibility. Social and environmental responsibility of business. Managing the sustainable development of the organization. Strategic management, methods and forms of its implementation. Business models of the organization. Corporate strategies. Strategic resources and organizational abilities of the company. Managing an organization in the context of international business. Management of an international company. International business strategies. International alliances and networks of firms. Theory and methodology of project management. Processes, methods, models and tools for project and program management. Risk management (risk management). Operations management. Management of production systems. Management of the operational efficiency of the enterprise and organization. Knowledge management: theory, methodology, technology and in-house practices. Management of intangible assets of the company. Innovation management. Innovative abilities of the company. Management of organizational and technological innovations. Interorganizational forms of innovation management. Marketing technologies in company management: theoretical and applied aspects. The contribution of marketing to the creation and management of intangible assets. Modern models and methods of interaction with customers and consumers. Supply chain management: theoretical and applied aspects. Cross-functional and inter-organizational logistics coordination. Management of operational logistics activities. Intellectual property management. Theoretical and methodological foundations of personnel management. Economic and social tasks of human resource management. Human resource management technologies. International aspects in the field of personnel management. Problems of cross-cultural interaction and management of multicultural collectives. Formation, training and development of management personnel. Career management and professional and job promotion of managerial personnel. Models and methods of stimulating managers. Organization management in the context of digital transformation. Strategies and methods of digital business transformation. Data management in the organization. Application of artificial intelligence and "big data" methods in management. Development of the theory and forms of entrepreneurship. Strategic and intra-company entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurship. Development of investment decision-making methods in various types of organizations. Management accounting as an element of the organization's management system. Management consulting: content, forms and methods. Management of social organizations (culture, science, education, healthcare). Theory and practice of management of non-profit organizations. Theory and practice of anti-crisis management of the organization. Development of crisis management models.

  

Law:

 

1. Criminal law sciences (specialty code 5.1.4). 

 

• Criminal policy: its goals, objectives, forms, content, means and measures.
  
  
• Theory of criminal law: tasks, functions, sources of criminal law; criminal law regulation, its subject and methods; crime, criminal liability, punishment and other criminal law measures; institutions of criminal law; application of criminal law; social conditionality and effectiveness of criminal law, patterns and trends of its development and improvement.
  
  
• Criminology theory: criminality, its criminological parameters; criminal personality, determinants of crime, its individual types and crimes; criminological mechanism of crime; victimology. The system of crime prevention and its individual types; the world practice of social and legal control over crime.
  
  
• Theory of criminal procedural law: criminal procedural legislation, patterns and trends in the development and improvement of criminal proceedings, content and forms of implementation, criminal procedural institutions and functions; stages of criminal proceedings, criminal procedural proceedings, its participants, criminal prosecution, ensuring the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the individual, evidentiary law, procedural control, prosecutorial supervision, judicial control.
  
  
• Criminalistics: subject, object, tasks, system and functions. Methodology of criminology, its current state and development trends. Forensic techniques, tactics, methods.
  
  
• Forensic expert science: subject, structure, tasks and functions. Methodology of forensic expert activity and trends in its development;
  
  
• Theory of penal enforcement law: the system of legislation, legal regulation of the execution and serving of criminal penalties, the execution of criminal penalties, their individual types; the effectiveness of the execution of criminal penalties, post-penitentiary control over convicts, socialization and resocialization of convicts. Institutions and bodies executing criminal penalties; control over the activities of institutions and bodies executing criminal penalties. International legal and other acts on the treatment of convicts.
  
  
• Theory of operational investigative activity: formation, state and development trends, structure and functions. Legal regulation of operational investigative activities. Subjects and participants of operational investigative activities. Tasks, methods, measures, means and forms of activity of authorized entities. Control and prosecutorial supervision.
  
  
• Human rights activities carried out in the process of implementing criminal law, criminal procedure, criminalistic, operational-search, penal enforcement, criminological measures.
  
  
• Law enforcement agencies in the field of combating crime: system, types, functions, legal regulation and coordination of activities. International cooperation.
  
  
• Criminal law sciences in foreign countries.