Kostko N.A.

Purpose. To study corporate social responsibility of the Russian and foreign oil and gas companies on the territory of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (exemplified by YaNAO). Methods. Corporate social responsibility of domestic and foreign oil and gas companies including companies’ official websites monitoring is analyzed. The quality of corporate social responsibility and the scale of impact on social sphere of the region were assessed in 14 major directions. The analysis was based exclusively on public information provided on the official websites of the companies. Results. Gaps in 14 directions were identified in corporate social responsibility of the Russian and foreign oil and gas companies in YaNAO. Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty lies in conducting the analysis, which allowed providing information about the level of corporate social responsibility of companies in oil and gas sector, about the scale of impact of their activities on social environment of the region. The analysis will become the impulse for the cooperation development with local communities and will ensure openness in discussing future programs, and ultimately, will encourage companies to improve their social policies.

Purpose. The research tends to define problems of innovation development of a region, a state on the whole, and feasible ways of their solution. Methods and Methodology. Comparative analysis of the current situation of the innovation potential supported by the official statistics data is applied. Factors influencing the innovation development are studied. Systematic and institutional approaches in defining the notion of the concept region and its innovation development are used. Results. The analysis helped to define problems of innovation development of a region to solve which it is necessary to apply a set of management measures aiming to activate the institutional potential of a state and main subjects of the innovation process. Scientific novelty. A region is considered not only as a complex social system, but as a self-contained system. The research proves that it is necessary to shift management accents to form value-motivated basis including all active subjects into the processes of innovation development under principles of reciprocal responsibility.