The development and implementation of the strategy has long been the focus of scientists and practitioners. But, despite the extensive scientific Arsenal, the tasks facing economic managers do not become easier. In many ways, this situation is due to the fact that in the face of growing uncertainty, which is typical for any, both developed and developing markets, it is increasingly difficult to imagine the «image of the future» and formulate the strategy goals to subordinate the company’s activities to the achievement of these very goals. In a sense, the correct formulation of the problem of long-term development can serve as a foresight, which is used to identify factors that can have an impact on the economy and society in the medium and long term. However, what is the connection of foresight with the setting of goals of the strategy of the industrial enterprise and the choice of mechanisms for the implementation of the chosen strategy – these questions require answers, without which the scientific base of strategic management will not be complete. An attempt is made to find an answer to the question of what hinders industrial development under conditions when the scale of technological modernization is not accompanied by a change in the structure of production. The solution to this problem is proposed to be sought in institutional transformations, on the basis of a theoretical understanding of the laws that determine the technological development of modern industry and the application of the methods of the theory of artificial intelligence systems. The proposed approaches of economic and technological development of territories, states, industries and individual industrial enterprises will allow the most effective financing of investment programs for industrial development.

Subject. In the article have been presented dynamics of development of metallurgical industry, the importance of its development for national and world economy, have been investigated organizational and administrative relations, arising in the process of strategic management of the enterprises as an economic systems.

The purpose of the article is the analysis of current state and prospects of development of the metallurgical industry, development of tools of improvement the system of strategic management of the metallurgical enterprises.

In work have been solved the following tasks:

1. 1. 1. have been analyzed of dynamics of economic indicators of the metallurgical industry of the Russian Federation, its role in national and world economy on the last few years;
      2. have been analyzed prospects of development of the metallurgical industry of Russia within formation of digital economy;
      3. have been noted the importance and necessity of the strategic management of enterprises of the metallurgical complex, considered as an synergetic interconnected set of economic systems;
      4. have been presented the existing model of the strategic management of enterprises as an difficult structured developing systems and also have been revealed its merits and demerits;
      5. have been defined backbone role of managers of strategic level of management, from core competences which depends the efficiency of implementation strategy in the conditions of domination megatrends of the fourth industrial revolution and formation of digital economy;
      6. have been offered tools of improvement of the strategic management of enterprises of a metallurgical complex on the agent-based approach.

Authors were noted that the successful strategic management of the organization which is guided by the analysis and use of practice of the present with a support at a predictive view of future prospects is capable to bring

the company to mainly new positions in competition within the globalized markets. High rates in production cannot be reached today, disregarding global reference points on economy of knowledge and information and technological changes, where a leading role it is the

«genius of talent», which having the strategic thinking, effectively analyzing the external environment and distributing resources, to make the plan of perspective actions and, realizing it, to lead the company to the victories and long-term success.

Results. Authors have considered current state and the prospects of development of the metallurgical industry of Russia, have defined the method of improvement of the strategic management of enterprises of a metallurgical complex on the agent-based models, is offered to analysis of current state allowing to exercise the systems of strategic management of enterprises and to predict its efficiency on the basis of assessment of dynamic parameters of economic agents and risk indicators of their influence on future level of strategic effectiveness of agents by on simulation of competencebased risk.

Conclusions/importance. The importance have been expressed in a practical possibility of use of the offered methodical approach to the solution of problems in the field of management of enterprises metallurgical complex.

. Modern revolutionary trends in the development of the world fuel and energy complex are considered. The economic pattern that has existed for many centuries, according to which economic growth must always be accompanied by an increase in energy consumption, is now no longer relevant for many industrialized countries. Absolute reduction of energy consumption and reduction of energy intensity of national product production become one of the most important indicators of successful use of modern technological progress in countries.

The development of science and technology over the past 20 years has permanently eliminated the threat of possible energy shortages. On the contrary, the world is gradually entering an era of global energy surpluses, which will naturally affect the dynamics of energy prices in the direction of slowing their growth.

It is shown that along with technological progress, no less serious impact on the development of the fuel and energy complex of the world is exerted by the rapid development of renewable energy and the activities carried out under the auspices of the UN to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the earth’s atmosphere.

According to the author, the revolutionary restructuring of the structure of the world energy balance in favor of energy sources with zero emissions of pollutants into the earth’s atmosphere today shows that one of the most important circumstances of their development, both from developed and some developing countries, was the growth of well-being in them. In this regard, the population’s consciousness began to dominate not the issues of survival at any cost, but the quality of life, including the quality of the environment.

That is why, despite the fact that the VIE at first did not withstand competition in comparison with the production of hydrocarbons, most countries, using subsidies and tax preferences, continue today to intensively increase their capacity. This circumstance shows, if earlier for centuries the world at use of this or that power source was guided by expenses of its production and use, now its influence on preservation of favorable conditions of residence of the person on the earth Comes to the first place.

The article explores the complex world practice of managing the demand for electricity, which allows not only to reduce consumer spending, but also to increase economic efficiency, reduce the demand for power systems, and reduce the need for additional generating capacity and resources. accordingly, a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. The authors of the article argue that the development and implementation of structural elements and the creation of mechanisms for determining market indicators, taking into account the pricing model nodes adopted in the wholesale market. Currently, there is interest in energy crises and the desire to increase the demand for energy resources for the construction of expensive generators of highpower and network infrastructures, and re using effective re-market mechanisms. Reducing the demand for electricity requires less cost for the efficient operation of generating facilities. Reducing electricity consumption can lead to lower electricity

The article is devoted to the issue of improving the efficiency of the investment project for upgrading the area of quenching furnaces at an industrial enterprise through the mechanism of price-dependent electricity consumption. The article reveals the peculiarities of pricing for the purchase of electricity by industrial enterprises and substantiates the expediency of applying the organizational and economic tool for increasing energy efficiency – price-dependent electricity consumption. The economic example of the investment project implementation in the baseline scenario of the project and using price-dependent consumption is shown on a concrete practical example. Based on the price-dependent electricity consumption model, several combinations of equipment loading schedules for various shifts were calculated, on the basis of which tariffs for electricity purchase were determined, the value of which turned out to be significantly lower than the similar values in the base case. On the basis of the received price parameters for the purchase of electricity, the calculation of performance indicators and financial feasibility of the investment project was carried out. The results of the study allow to draw conclusions about the economic feasibility and practical feasibility of the developed tools of price-dependent electricity consumption, the use of which will reduce the cost of purchasing electricity for industrial enterprises and increase the efficiency of the investment projects being released.

The issues of ensuring the environmental safety of the functioning of the processing industry in the agro-industrial complex of Russia, on the basis of economic mechanisms, are considered. The high level of resource use in the processing of agricultural products contributes to environmental pollution, reduces the competitiveness of the industry, increases the level of costs. A rather large deterioration and obsolescence of the equipment of the processing enterprises of the agro-industrial complex does not allow for the environmentally safe processing of agricultural products. Of particular concern are enterprises of the meat processing industry, which produce waste, which creates an unfavorable sanitary and epidemiological situation in the regions. In this regard, it is necessary to develop such a system of economic incentives for the implementation of resource-saving projects of the processing industry enterprises in the agro-industrial complex, which would improve the environmental and economic efficiency of the studied industry. Given the high capital investment in modern resource-saving equipment, it is advisable to pay attention to the sources of funding for these projects on a preferential basis. Among the measures for the economic stimulation of projects for the processing of agricultural products by the industrial method, the article proposes both credit and financial instruments, including preferential loans and leasing, and preferential taxation, and an environmental fee. In order to stimulate projects for the acquisition of resource-saving equipment in the processing of agricultural products, it is proposed to use such an effective tool as accelerated depreciation, which allows manufacturers to reduce costs when replacing old equipment with more modern ones. In order to increase risk management efficiency, when implementing projects for industrial processing of agricultural products, it is proposed to use public-private partnership tools that minimize risks, including environmental ones, due to their redistribution between participants, based on such forms as delegation of management and concessions.

In conditions of market volatility, an important issue for industrial enterprises is the issue of creating an efficient resource allocation mechanism. The article gives an example about using of individually adapted economic and mathematical model for forecasting the cost of materials and purchased products, that takes into account both internal and external factors affecting the planning figures. In order to create an effective predictive model, an analysis was conducted of statistical data for the period from 2009 to 2016, data was represented by high-tech enterprises of the radioelectronic industry. As a result of analysis it was revealed the presence of statistical regularities in the nature of the distribution of the analyzed data.

On the basis of the calculated distribution parameters, a prediction procedure was performed using the exponential smoothing method and the total projected cost of materials and purchased products was obtained. The use of elements of probability theory and mathematical statistics, as well as methods for forecasting time series as basic methods of the model allows to take into account probabilistic economic factors, such as, for example, a change in the exchange rate of a foreign currency, as well as the presence of defects in the production process. Application of a special mathematical apparatus provides an ability to create a flexible, individually-adapted forecasting model. As a result of application of the model intended for forecasting the cost of materials and purchased products at one of industry enterprises it was revealed that the developed model has lover calculation error than the method that is used at the enterprise at present. Thus economic and mathematical model allows increasing the efficiency of the enterprise’s planned system and ensuring a rational resource allocation by increasing the accuracy of the forecasting process.

. Objectives of writing. The purpose of writing this article is to study the concept of economic security, as well as the allocation of its structural components. In the course of such an analysis, it was revealed that one of the main factors for ensuring economic security is economic aspects (called financial security).

Methodological foundations and methodological approaches. In terms of methodology, the study is based on an analysis of Russian legislation and the works of Russian economists on economic security issues. The practical aspects of the research in their informational basis are based on data from Rosstat and the Bank of Russia.

The results of the study. According to the results of the study, the following results and conclusions were obtained:

• Currently, the concept of economic security does not have a clear identification in either Russian legislation or the scientific community;
• the concept of economic security can be divided into several structural elements: financial (the most important element), investment, fiscal, industrial security;
• In matters of financial security, there is currently no clear vision of target priorities and benchmarks;
• The current monetary policy is contradictory in its essence and does not provide for the growth of the real sector of the economy.

Theoretical and practical recommendations. Conducted research can serve as a basis for structuring problems of economic security. An important merit of the authors is the explanation of the contradictions of the current monetary policy. The authors showed that the policy of targeting (restraining) inflation does not create conditions for the growth of investment activity and economic growth.

This paper is dedicated to measuring the Foreign direct investment (FDI) attractiveness of the Russian Far East. In 2012, the Russian Federationofficially addressed the Turn to the East Policy through «Measures to Implement the Russian Federation Foreign Policy” to resolve the chronically underdeveloped economy of the Far Eastern district. The Far Eastern development entails an enormous budget from abroad considering the enormous magnitude of investments projects. However, despite the continuous increasing investment propensity in the Russian Far East, the result is not yet impressive. Thereby, the thorough analysis of the FDI attractiveness of the Far Eastshould more to be conducted. To do that, in this study, we analyzed the FDI attractiveness of the Far East based on the Porter’s Diamond model, comprised of the four endogenous factors – Production Factor, Demand Factor, Related and Supporting Industries, and Firm Strategy Structure and Rivalry-, and the two exogenous factors-chance, and government. Based on the analysis, we diagnosed that weak factor and demand conditions and ambiguous political will majorly hinder from accelerating the Turn to the East Policy. Thereby, we concluded that to achieve momentum of the policy by generating high efficiency of the policy mechanisms to induce FDI, the strong political will should be accompanied with investmentfavorable factor and demand conditions.

The usage of integrated indicators is an essential characteristic for development program implementation of Russian higher education, including the competitiveness improvement program. The competitiveness improvement program is a project of the Government of theRussian Federationaimed at significantly increasing the competitive position of leading Russian universities in the global market for educational services and research programs (Project 5-100). Different groups of program participants face different positive and negative aspects of this management tool. One of the risks bound up with focusing on indicators is often called the mismatch of the indicator system focused on the international model of universities, and the role of universities as drivers for the regions’ development and sectors of the Russian economy. This risk requires a systematic assessment.

The purpose of this study was to systematize the events of changing and using the indicator system in the program at various levels of management, taking into account the general context in which the program is implemented, to compare them with the indicators of individual universities and create an information basis for further comparison with university practices. Two universities of the 5-100 program, which have a strong tradition of working with both basic and high-tech industries, were selected as reference universities for a preliminary analysis.

An important part of this study apparatus was the historical comparison method of changes in the indicator system in dynamics.

The planned modernization of the higher education system should be based on the analysis of the initial state of the system at the present time, problems encountered in recent years and suggestions from all stakeholders. The quality of education of graduates (level of competence) depends on the organization and implementation of the educational process (the contribution of the University) and the activity of students (the contribution of students). Considered the expediency of using the results of student’s surveys to adjust the educational process. Shown that the educational program can take into account the propensity of students to a particular type of activity (technologist, organizer, researcher). Determining the causes of students ’ anxiety helps to improve the educational process and relations with students. Argued that the quality of education increases with earlier adaptation of students to the educational environment of the University. It is shown how the degree of formation of volitional qualities of students affects the manifestation of such properties as responsibility, discipline, organization and diligence. The success of professional activities of graduates of educational organizations will be determined by the direction of their life goals. The assessment of life goals of students shows the need for continuous improvement of socio-cultural (educational) environment in universities. Measures for improvement of educational process and improvement of pedagogical qualification of teachers are offered.

The modern accents in domestic and foreign studies of social infrastructure are highlighted. The trends of changes in the content of the concept of «social infrastructure» in the Russian realities are considered. The necessity of theoretical and practical approach to the current transformation of the concept of «social infrastructure» in the context of the national spatial development and global postindustrial trend, analysis of the saturation of macro-regional space components of social infrastructure, refinement of their parameters is justified. The urgency of the considered problems is determined by the necessity of saturation and consolidation of the regional/macroregional space of the Russian Federation. The social infrastructure is considered from the standpoint of the spatial development of Russiaas a component of the configuration (filling and compaction) of the space.

The purpose of the article is to identify the relevant attributes of modern social infrastructure from the national perspective of human potential and human capital accumulation, to determine the indicators and parameters of the social infrastructure of the priority macro-region.

It is proposed to include in the concept of social infrastructure functionally important and relevant for the modern stage of national development in the postindustrial period components such as the preservation of human potential and the accumulation of human capital with an emphasis on consistency. The author’s classification of social infrastructure by functional biosocio-humanitarian criterion is proposed. The author’s algorithm of complementarity is formed: the indicators of each function correspond to specific statistical indicators. This approach is appropriate for use in order to manage the development (saturation) of the regional (macroregional) space, especially in the Russian Far East.