The performance of the State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 2133-2151
Author(s):  
Ekaterina V. AKINFEEVA ◽  
Mariya A. NIKONOVA
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
The State ◽  
Atomic Energy ◽  
The Core ◽  
New Business ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
State Corporation ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Core Activity

Subject. The paper describes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global atomic energy and the Russian one, in particular, illustrating the case of the State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM. Objectives. We evaluate the consequences the pandemic caused for the atomic energy and, inter alia, ROSATOM. Methods. The study draws upon the analysis of literature and statistical data. Data were taken from the official website of ROSATOM and other open sources. Results. The COVID-19 pandemic was found to have both a positive and negative effect on various sectors and the atomic energy, specifically. We pointed out key development lines of ROSATOM, which relate to the core activity and new business activities for the State Corporation it has undertaken partially trying to deal with the pandemic crisis. The article briefly informs of the sectors, which were more or less hit by the pandemic, i.e. manufacturing, finance, aviation, construction, tourism, agriculture, pharmaceutics, and electronics. We also delve into new type of ROSATOM’s activities. Conclusions and Relevance. As the study shows, the COVID-19 pandemic affected atomic energy to a lesser extent and unexpectedly urged the development of new business types related to nuclear medicine.

scholarly journals New Approach to the Development of Closed Nuclear Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-35
Author(s):  
Dmitriy Faikov ◽  
◽  
Dmitriy Baydarov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Atomic Energy ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
State Corporation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Municipal Economy

The trends of the socio-economic development of closed administrative-territorial entities of the nuclear industry of Russia are determined. The impact of the diversification of the activities of the State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM to diversify the economy of closed nuclear cities is revealed. A new approach to the development of closed administrative-territorial entities, based on the strengthening of participation of the State Corporation in it, measures to diversify the municipal economy in the framework of this approach are proposed. The need to use this approach in the development of strategic documents by local self-government and State Corporation is designated

Assessment of the influence of the spatial environment on the socio-economic development of the municipality

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 148-155
Author(s):  
K. N. Yusupov ◽  
V. M. Timiryanova, ◽  
Iu. S. Toktamysheva ◽  
A. F. Zimin,
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
The State ◽  
Municipal District ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Spatial Environment ◽  
The Impact

The article presents a methodology for assessing the impact of spatial environment on the socioeconomic development of municipalities. It relies on existing tools for assessing the state and potential of the geographical location of municipalities. An integrated approach allows to determine the potential of the interaction of the municipality with the neighbors of the first and second order. The methodology was tested on statistical data on the Blagovarsky municipal district.

1. Introduction to Africa and its politics

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ian Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Political History ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The Core ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Core Questions ◽  
The Impact

Africa is a continent of over a billion people, yet questions of underdevelopment, malgovernance, and a form of political life based upon patronage are characteristic of many African states. ‘Introduction to Africa and its politics’ explains that the core questions underpinning this VSI centre on how politics is typically practised on the continent; the nature of the state in Africa; and what accounts for Africa’s underdevelopment. This VSI aims to appraise sub-Saharan Africa’s recent political history, examining post-colonial political structures, the impact of colonialism, and the form and nature of post-colonial states. The type of politics practised in many African states continues to be hostile to genuine nation building and broad-based, sustainable development.

Out of sight, out of mind? Supplier spatial proximity in French public procurement

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 486-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Mamavi ◽  
Haithem Nagati ◽  
Frederick T. Wehrle ◽  
Gilles Pache
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Spatial Proximity ◽  
Management Competencies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Feature Evaluation ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of spatial proximity on supplier selection in the French public sector. While French public procurement legislation forbids consideration of supplier location in the procurement process, public contractors may still rely on spatial proximity for complex transactions necessitating mutual adjustments with suppliers. Design/methodology/approach – Using French Official Journals (BOAMP), the authors compiled 565,557 transactions completed on three public procurement markets between 6,182 contractors and 26,570 suppliers, over a period of six years (between 2006 and 2011). The authors conducted a two-level hierarchical linear auto-regression analysis and a feature evaluation analysis for all transactions. Findings – The paper finds significant variation between the transactions on different markets: a negative effect of spatial proximity on the number of contract notices in the public market and a positive effect of spatial proximity on the number of notices in the services and supplies markets. The difference lies in the levels of mutual adjustment required to optimally manage the relationship between public contractor and supplier. Research limitations/implications – The research is based on an econometric analysis conducted uniquely in the French context, which calls into question the external validity of the results obtained. The study also rests on segmentation into three aggregate markets, which might be considered too general. Originality/value – Rather than analyze public contractors’ perceptions of the importance of the criterion of spatial proximity, the paper examines 565,557 actual transactions. The results point to the emergence of a new type of relationship with certain suppliers, which should lead public contractors to integrate relationship management competencies, in addition to legal and economic competencies, in the organization of calls for tenders.

PARLIAMENTARY REWARDS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE PATENT SYSTEM

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Burrell ◽  
Catherine Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Reward System ◽  
Patent Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Patent System ◽  
Public Disclosure ◽  
Minimum Requirement ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Special Provision

AbstractThis article examines the impact on the patent system of rewards for innovation across the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. During this period, Parliament would regularly grant rewards to inventors, with many of these rewards being set out in legislation. This legislation provided Parliament with the opportunity to promote a model of state support for inventors: a model that made public disclosure of the invention a precondition for assistance. This had important implications for patent law, in particular, in helping to develop the role of the patent specification and the doctrine of sufficiency of disclosure. In this way, the reward system helped establish the framework under which the state would provide support for inventors. Simultaneously, however, the reward system created a space in which inventors would have to do more than meet the minimum requirement of public disclosure. Rewards allowed the state to distinguish between different classes of inventor and to make special provision for particularly worthy individuals. In this way, the reward system recognised the contribution of the “heroic inventor”, whilst leaving the core of the patent system undisturbed.

A Novel Kind of Turbidity Sensor and its Measurement Method

2012 ◽  
Vol 424-425 ◽  
pp. 1253-1257
Author(s):  
Xing Qiao Liu ◽  
Peng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Accuracy ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Measurement Circuit ◽  
The Core ◽  
On Line ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Sensor Probe ◽  
Easy Operation ◽  
Higher Sensitivity

In this paper, the scattering measuring principle of turbidity is introduced firstly. The new type of turbidity sensor probe designed in this paper overcomes the deficiencies of existing technologies, which has higher sensitivity, strong anti-interference and can detect the turbidity accurately and continuously. The system designed with the core of MCU C8051F020 is presented. Then the design of turbidity sensor probe, data acquisition, processing and non-linear compensation are introduced in detail. Besides, in order to eliminate the impact of temperature on the turbidity measurement and improve the measurement accuracy, temperature measurement circuit has been designed. Test results have shown that the designed on-line turbidity-meter has some advantages: low price, high precision, easy operation etc. It can be widely applied in the fields of waterworks, industrial production, aquaculture, environmental protection and so on

scholarly journals Scale of Tax Frauds as A Threat to the State's Financial Security

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 190-198
Author(s):  
Monika Pasternak-Malicka
Keyword(s):  
Informal Economy ◽  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
Basic Element ◽  
The State ◽  
Tax Law ◽  
Linear Regression Method ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of the paper is an attempt to assess the impact of the scale of tax frauds on thefinancial security of the state. In the paper one tried to assess the relationship between the level ofinformal economy and the fiscal income of the state, but also, based on the survey research, to indicatewhether unethical attitudes of taxpayers meet with social consent and constitute an incentive to bypassthe tax law. Methodology: Achieving the goal required the use of descriptive and statistical methods,in particular the linear regression method. The direct method - questionnaire was also applied. Results:In the paper the essence of the informal economy in the years 1994-2018, as well as the ethicaldeterminants of tax evasion in the light of the author's own research from 2007-2020 were discussed.Based on statistical data, an attempt was made to assess the impact of the informal economy,understood as evasion of fiscal obligations, on tax revenues in Poland, based on the linear regressionmethod. The scope of the phenomenon of tax pathology as the basic element of the shadow economyand its impact on the level of tax income seems to be confirmed by the relationship shown by themethod of estimating the expected value - variable, which showed that the shadow economy,calculated according to F. Schneider's estimates, was a factor in 94% determining the level of taxrevenues in the years 2000-2017.

scholarly journals The Impact of Air Pollution on the Development of Inbound Tourism in Chinese Megacities: The Case Study of Beijing, Guangzhou and Chongqing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nianlin Zhou ◽  
Yeli Gu ◽  
Manyuan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Fixed Effects Model ◽  
Fixed Investment ◽  
Inbound Tourism ◽  
New Business ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact

The existing studies pay more attention to the impact of public transport and other public service facilities on urban air pollution and tourism, but less on the negative effect of air pollution caused by carbon emissions of business fixed investment on inbound tourism. This article attempts to make a supplementary analysis about the above point through examining the correlation between air pollution associate with business fixed investment and the size of inbound tourism based on panel data of three megacities (Beijing, Guangzhou and Chongqing) in China over the period from 2015 to 2019. The findings of this paper show that the effects of air pollution linked with carbon emissions from business fixed investment on the number of inbound tourists (NIT) is a negative correlation, while the influence of GDP per capita and tourism revenue on NIT reveal a positive relationship by applying fixed effects model for benchmark regression and the system-GMM estimator for robustness check. Moreover, the negative influence of PM 10 on sample cities is more than PM2.5. Some different results of core variables between benchmark and sub-sample regressions don’t imply the above conclusion to be substantively changed because of different distribution and concentration of nominal inbound tourists in specific sample megacities. In order to fundamentally improve air quality and to stimulate the development of inbound tourism, the suggestion of this study is to promote new business fixed investment with clean energy of renewable and low carbon.

Zakat Disbursement via Capital Assistance: A Case Study of Majlis Agama Islam Johor

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Ahmad Che Yaacob ◽  
Safiah Mohamed ◽  
Azizah Daut ◽  
Normah Ismail ◽  
Mohd Ali Muhammad Don
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The State ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Research Grant

This paper examines management of zakat in the state of Johor and focuses on the distribution of zakat to the recipients of capital assistance who are involved in the socio-development programs. It intends to examine the impact of the program towards their achievements after receiving capital assistance to start their small business ventures. Both primary and secondary data are used in the studies. The primary data were collected from interviews with the officers of Majlis Agama Islam Johor (MAIJ) and the statistical data were obtained from documents such as reports, financial records, and brochures. The findings show commendable improvement in zakat management for the five-year period of study. Nonetheless, recommendations pertaining to supervision, procedures, and cooperation are posed for improving the programs in assisting the poor and needy recipients and to optimize the zakat disbursement. The study was made possible with the research grant from Accounting Research Institute (ARI) of UiTM.

scholarly journals The role of state in the banking industry: Evidence from Russia

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-45
Author(s):  
Andrei Vernikov
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Level Structure ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Public Banks ◽  
The Impact

The article examines the role of the state in the Russian banking industry. Statistical data illustrates the market share of public banks and its dynamics over the past 25 years. We show the impact of public banks on the lending to non-financial companies, and particularly longer-term lending. Empirical findings suggest that it terms of profitability and technical efficiency the core public banks are not necessarily worse than privately held institutions. Finally, the author compares the macro-level structure and the core institutions of the banking systems in China and Russia and suggests that these are typologically more similar than different.

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