REVIEW OF THE MONOGRAPH "INCREASING COMPETITIVENESS AT ENTERPRISES ON THE BASIS OF INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT", WRITTEN BY A.V. SPIRKIN, G.I. YAKOVLEV
The study analyzes the processes and problems of effective entry of Russian enterprises in the united world economy. The monograph is the result of authors` multi-year work at the Department of Industrial Economics in SSEU, including the implementation of research work "Formation of competitiveness at enterprises of bit production based on innovative development."
On the whole the monograph is noted for logical sequence of presentation, backed up by calculations of representative data set of drill bits industry for five-year retrospective, and it is characterized by a high degree of arguments and evidence of scientific positions. The authors` system-situational approach allows conducting a comprehensive study of the factors and core competencies that underlie modern competitive advantage of industrial enterprises, which are the entities of international competition. It extends the theoretical framework of the research and methodological approaches to the assessment and management of technological potential of industrial enterprises contained in the works of such economists as A. I. Tatarkin, G. B. Khasaev, J. Schumpeter, B. Twiss, M. Porter and others. The forming and restricting criteria of the economic category are particularly important in terms of political and economic confrontation with Western countries.
Theoretical and practical recommendations of this study can be used for decision-making related to the state industrial and foreign trade policy in the geo-economic space, including sectoral and regional levels, and for strategy development of exporters` sectoral associations, unions and employers` associations, trade and industry chambers of regions, etc. The monograph is of interest to scientists and economists, representatives of the federal and local governments, regulatory bodies, industrialists and businessmen.
The Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation Candidate of Economics, Professor of Samara State University of Economics O.N. Chechin