Zhanna Komarova
On the way of improving the research area
In his interview the Chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Presidium the academician Vladimir Gusakov speaks of the basic principles of the Programme on the research area improvement, defining its sustainable development as a main goal for the coming decade.

Vyacheslav Shcherbin
Principal form of scientific self-knowledge
The article considerers the main stages of scientific self-knowledge, defining the time of the science of science formation both at home and abroad, that being now the principal institutionalized form of scientific self-knowledge.

Nataliya Gindilis
From Soviet to Russian science of science
The article deals with the development line of science of science from Soviet period up to recent time. The author discusses the main problems of this discipline and change of accents in this field in 1990s, 2000s.

Boris Malitsky
Studies in science of science and science history in Ukraine
The article reveals the main subject of science of science studies as an interdisciplinary research field. The available science of science knowledge base admits the input theoretical and methodological grounds for science processes analysis and their social and economic implications.

Ekaterina Bolko
Conditions and problems of domestic enterprises’ innovative development
In the article there is given an analysis of the scientific and technological development of enterprises in the long-term perspective. The innovative activity of industrial enterprises indicators given in a dynamics are shown with a particular attention to the Belarusian business integrating in the global economy.

Оlha Krasovska
Venture financing in Ukraine in the context of European trends
The paper gives an analysis of the current situation and recent trends in the private equity and venture capital industry in the EU countries including Central and Eastern Europe, showing that the majority of the private equity and venture capital industry indicators in the EU member states declined in 2012 after the post-crisis recovery stage of 2010-2011.

Luiza Batukova
Necessary prerequisites for successful modernization in Russia
The article deals with an analysis of the concept of organic modernization, including its interrelation with a concept of overtaking modernization, underlying the mutual agreement of modernization stages and innovation development cycles.

Zinaida Shuklina
Innovation activity of commercial structures in a customer service system
The paper gives an analysis of optimal communication model between customers, manufacturers and sellers based on customers’ interviews on sales and services in the system of Bryansk wholesale trade.

Denis Moroz
Youth is not interferent for science
The correspondent talks to the scientific secretary of the Young researchers council of the NAS of Belarus Ksenia Razuvanova on the urgent problems of the scientific community.

Zhanna Komarova, Irina Emelianovich
The debatable club: organization of scientific activity
Within the framework of the talking shop the researchers speak on the possible use of Belarusian science as an instrument for applied problems solution.

Sergey Sergeev
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) rating: Belarus is among the most dynamically ICT developing countries
The article analyses and evaluates the rating of Belarus in the ICT development index underlying its progress in the infrastructure development and ICT implementation.

Fanil Faizrakhmanov
Analysis of the competitive advantages created within the strategic alliances
The author shows a gradual change in the attitude to strategic alliances being a tool of changing a company’s position in sectoral and market competition.

Inna Tsisik
Photographic works as copyright objects
The article deals with the practice of law related to the copyright protection and exclusive rights to photographic works.

Mikalai Tokarau
Scientific ties of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1929–1941
The article deals with the active exchange of scientific achievements and scientific cooperation of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Russian Academy of Sciences in the period since the establishment of the Academy up to the Great Patriotic War.

Yadviga Yaskevich
Evolution of sciences about bios: interdisciplinary dialogue
The article displays the evolutionary role of the living systems in formation of a modern scientific picture of the world, particularly stressing the role of bios.

Natalia Michailova
<Justification of modern mathematics as a self-organizing system
The paper shows that the understanding of the mathematical knowledge systemacy can contribute to a new understanding of mathematics as a dynamic process of interaction between different schools of philosophy of mathematics.

Galina Khrenova, Olga Parnikel
International scientific cooperation and its influence as reflected by the bibliometric data
The article deals with the problem of international co-authorship of the Belarusian researchers in the period of 2000-2012 based on "Web of Science" providing a brief description of ATLAS and CMS authors’ groups publications with Belarusian authors participating.