Journal of Applied Economic Research
ISSN 2712-7435
Entrepreneurial Approach to City Management
Baskakova I.V., Suldina O.V.
Abstract
The transformation of Russian cities into independent centers of economic development requires that researchers take a closer look at the methods of forming successful territorial entities accumulating the best human capital and investments, as well as systematization of management tools used by their administrations. The article contains a summary of the world's experience in implementing an entrepreneurial approach to managing a city. The theoretical basis of the study is the concept of the entrepreneurial city, which has been actively developed over the past decades abroad. The authors see the purpose of their work in using case studies from the modern history of cities in Europe, the USA and China, to identify the most successful management tools, and to determine general conditions for their effective use, regardless of country-specific characteristics. The article clarifies the concept of the entrepreneurial city and uses it as a basis for proposing the authors' own classification of management tools and management practices established on their basis. Conditions for the successful implementation of the concept of the entrepreneurial city are formulated. It has been established that an entrepreneur city can be “grown” and successfully operated under different rules of the game, regardless of the degree of protection of property rights, the development of civil society, and political culture. The results obtained suggest that an entrepreneurial approach to managing a city can be a way for developing Russian cities. There are, however, a number of institutional barriers to its successful implementation. In the future, it is necessary to develop an algorithm for applying the concept of a city of entrepreneurs in the Russian economic space.
Keywords
entrepreneurial city; city management; management practice; management tool; city economy.
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About Authors
Baskakova Irina Vladimirovna – Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Economic Theory and Economic Policy, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg, Russia (620002, Ekaterinburg, Mira street, 19); e-mail: ibaskakova@rambler.com.
Suldina Olga Vladimirovna – Marketing Specialist, CJSC NPAO EKHO, Moscow, Russia (121099, Moscow, Smolenskaya Sq., 3); e-mail: olgasuld@gmail.com.
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Baskakova I.V., Suldina O.V. Entrepreneurial Approach to City Management. Bulletin of Ural Federal University. Series Economics and Management, 2019, Vol. 18, No. 3, 342¬-363. DOI: 10.15826/vestnik.2019.18.3.017
Article info
Received June 5, 2019; Accepted July 10, 2019.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15826/vestnik.2018.17.3.017
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