Petr Kazakevich
Evolution of agricultural science and agriculture in Belarus
The article describes the trends in the development of the agro-industrial complex of Belarus and its leading industry, agriculture, as the most important component of the economy.

Dmitry Komlach
Mechanization of agriculture: historical aspects and innovative potential
The author considers the historical path of the Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Agricultural Mechanization which is an important link in the system of support and development of the agricultural sector, and presents the machines and equipment developed by the Center and mastered in production.

Inna Garmel
Being a leader means being one step ahead of market trends and competitors
It is an interview with Alexander Bliznyuk, Director of the Experimental Plant of the Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Agricultural Mechanization, about the components of success and how it is achieved.

Maria Samokhovets
Theory of the financial potential of agricultural business
The author presented his theory of the agricultural business financial potential: there was formed and studied a categorical apparatus; the relationships and interdependencies between the subject under study and other phenomena in the economy were identified.

Dmitry Serebryakov
Development of the innovation theoretical foundations and mechanisms for the introduction of the preceding innovations
The article considers the phenomenon of social innovations, gives the author's definition, shows the relationship between social, economic and scientific-technical progress. A universal indicator for assessing the social effect of innovation is proposed.

Iryna Kazhura, Ekateryna Zenevich, Helen Sivets
Development of the state expertize of state research programs composite assignments projects
An analysis of the state expertize of composite assignments in state scientific research programs is presented. The reasons for the inexpediency of combining individual research projects into composite assignments are shown

Oleg Dodonov
Justification of the «innovative labor» concept and its importance for the development of physical culture and sports in the Republic of Belarus
A hypothesis is put forward about the dependence of the physical culture and sports development on the introduction of innovations, the predetermining factor of which being innovative labor. A definition of this concept is given, its nature, classification features and properties are revealed.

Vladimir Tereshin
Big Data in financial analysis: new horizons and trends
The article studies the prerequisites for the emergence of Big Data phenomenon in the information work, gives its quantitative and qualitative characteristics, considers the methods and principles of working with large data arrays.

Dzmitry Rahel
Using distribution series to analyze business data
The article presents an approach to constructing distribution series for assessing the activities of legal entities that are united by some typical feature characterizing their business activities.

Alexey Rogatkin
Quality management: institutional aspect
The author gives the institutional analysis of the quality management.

Boris Panshin, Liu Yi
Digital economy of culture: China's experience
The article analyses the cultural and creative economy and the digital economy of culture conceptual apparatus, describes their nature, and shows the impact of the cultural heritage digitization and the modern cultural artifacts digitizing on GDP growth and production efficiency using China as an example. The impact of the cultural economy on the quality of products and business environment is considered, and the importance of the state’s role in preserving the traditions and culture is shown.

Yury Nechepurenko
The role of intellectual property in an innovative economy
The article examines the role of intellectual property in building an innovative economy in the world and in the Republic of Belarus, and reveals the current problems in this sphere.

Irina Bogdanova, Nina Bogdanova
From the history of Belarusian computing technology. Part 1
Various aspects related to the invention of the computer and the dynamics of the industry, as the progenitor of modern IT, development in Belarus and the world are analyzed in detail, with deep immersion in the historical context.

Kristsina Makar
The impact of volcanism on the climatic conditions of Belarus
The article considers the relationship between volcanic eruptions in different regions of the Earth and changes in meteorological indicators in Belarus, which affect the state of its forest vegetation and the natural environment as a whole. These problems are studied as being related to the climate elements of our country.

Pavel Vankovich
The effect of complex treatment on metabolic disorders in patients with closed diaphyseal fractures of the tibia
The author presents the results of a study on gas transport function and acid-base state of blood in patients with diaphyseal fractures of tibia bones under the use of antioxidant and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.