The Bulletin of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences № 3/2025. 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Andrey E. Gorodetsky
Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Head of Research, Chief Researcher, Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS OF THE USSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT RESEARCH: HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECT
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The article considers a wide range of scientific researches of the Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences on the challenges in the management of the national economy, which made a significant contribution both to the development of theoretical issues in economic science and to the solution of practical national economic problems at various stages of the country’s history. Among the problems addressed are the following. Formation of management thought and scientific school of public administration at the Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences since its foundation in 1930. Theoretical research and the search for solutions to major national economic problems as a scientific profile and prerequisites for the development of management thought. The main lines of research activity of the Institute in the post-war period, the beginning of a long wave of reformation, transition to a post-mobilization model of economics and management.
Keywords: foreign management thought, scientific organization of labor (SOL), state planning, research of the 30-40s, long wave of reformation, experiments and reforms of the 80s, post-mobilization economy and management thought.
JEL: B2, B4, B52, D01, P21, P31
EDN: FPBXLH
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52180/2073-6487_2025_3_7_28
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Manuscript submission date: 19.05.2025
Manuscript acceptance date: 30.06.2025
For citation:
Gorodetsky A.E. Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences in the Development of Management Research: Historical and Economic Aspect // Vestnik Instituta Ekonomiki Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk. 2025. № 3. Pp. 7-28. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.52180/2073-6487_2025_3_7_28 EDN: FPBXLH