A UTILITY APPROACH TO ASSESSING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Valery F Bainev

doi:10.52957/27821927_2021_3_9

Authors

Valery F Bainev Belarusian State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52957/27821927_2021_3_9

Keywords:

socio-economic system, competitiveness, efficiency, value, utility, consumer value, labor economy, labor theory of value, labor theory of consumer value, free time of society, fading competition

Abstract

The paper considers the shortcomings of traditional approaches to the assessment of efficiency and competitiveness of socio-economic systems. It shows that the focus of these systems on cost-based, typically cost-effective performance indicators served as the main reason for the aggravation of global contradictions in the development of civilization, which threatens its further existence. The paper reveals the basic provisions of the utility (consumer-value) concept of economic theory, the use of which in assessing the effectiveness and competitiveness of socio-economic systems can bring humanity to a truly crisis-free, conflict-free development path.

References

Kara, A. N., & Minina, A. P. (2016). Analysis of approaches to the essence of the concept of competitiveness. Karel'skii nauchnyi zhurnal, 5(1), 45-47 (in Russian).

Moseiko, V. O., Korobov, S. A., & Tarasov, A. V. (2015). New approaches to assessing the competitiveness of socio-economic systems. Kreativnaya ekonomika, (2), 237-252 (in Russian).

Gordeev, V. A. (2006). Competition and its development: systems analysis. Yaroslavl: Izd-vo YGTU (in Russian).

Gordeev, V. A. (2007). A trend towards collaboration and cooperation instead of competition: a new confirmation of T. S. Khachaturov's idea. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 6 «Ekonomika», (2), 16–27 (in Russian).

Gordeev, V. A. (2013). Competition and its dynamics in the mirror of theoretical economy. Teoreticheskaya ekonomika, (6), 17-25. Retrieved from http://theoreticaleconomy.ru/index.php/tor (in Russian).

Shkiotov, S. V. (2013). Relationship between the dynamics of national competitiveness indicators and economic growth. Teoreticheskaya ekonomika, (6), 54-65. Retrieved from http://theoreticaleconomy.ru/index.php/tor (in Russian).

Elmeev, V. Ya. (2007). Social economy of labor: general fundamentals of political economy. SPb.: Izd-vo SPbU (in Russian).

Elmeev, V. Ya. (2004). Theory and Practice of Social Development. SPb.: Izd-vo SPbU (in Russian).

Dolgov, V. G., El'meev, V. Ya., Popov, M. V., & Tarando, E. E. (2003). The working society is the future. SPb.: Izd-vo SPbU (in Russian).

Dolgov, V. G., Elmeev, V. Ya., & Popov, M. V. (1997). Lessons and prospects for socialism in Russia. SPb.: Izd-vo SPbU (in Russian).

Bellu, E., Volovich, V. N., Elmeev, V. Ya., Zibrova, G. P., & Popov M. V. (2003). From the law of value to the law of use value. SPb.: Izd-vo Fonda Rabochei Akademii, OOO Tvorcheskii tsentr Pobeda (in Russian).

Gubanov, S. S. (2012). A sovereign breakthrough. Neo-industrialization of Russia and vertical integration. M.: Knizhnyi mir (in Russian).

Bainev, V. F., & Daderkina, E. A. (2008). Scientific and technological progress and sustainable development: Theory and practice of utility (consumer-value) assessment of new machinery efficiency. Minsk: Pravo i ekonomika. Retrieved from http://www.elib.bsu.by/handle/123456789/55119 (in Russian).

Bainev, V. F. (2020). History of Knowledge Economics: technical-technological and political-economic analysis. Minsk: Pravo i ekonomika (in Russian).