The New Normal International Economics and Business

16:35, May 3, 2021

We continue the story about the sections held as part of the Spring Days of Science GSEM UrFU

On April 23 the panel discussion «The New Normal International Economics and Business» was held within the frame of the International Conference Spring Research Days of GSEM  under the leadership of Zhanna Belyaeva, PhD, GSEM Academic Director, BA International Economics and Business Programme director. Russian and foreign participants presented scientific works of a wide range of areas related to current topics of the development of the global economy in offline and online mode.

Students analysed the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the aspects of the global economy and business, discussed migration processes, considered digitalisation as a driver and anti-driver for the development of the global economy, assessed modern forms and models of business, ways of internalisation and global value chains. The participants presented research on cross-cultural, gender aspects of international business, as well as corporate cultures and structures. The speakers researched key issues of the world economy and international business through the prism of statistical, econometric, case analysis.

Members of the international academic and corporate jury, including leading experts from Deloitte CIS Alexey Samoilenko and Anastasia Chernega (a graduate of the IEB programme), Senior Researcher Amin Sokhanvar, Professor Elena Frolova, Associate Professor Natalia Davidson, Assistant Lecturers Yana Lopatkova and Alexander Ishukov, asked questions and gave useful tips.

The experts noted the following works:

• 1st place - Valentin Voitenkov and Alina Urazbayeva «Determinants of labor migration in G7 countries»;
• 2nd place - Arman Garci (double degree programme, students of the KEDGE business school) «Relevance of food independence. Comparative analysis»;
• 3rd place - Anastasia Lazareva «Effects of VR AR technologies on the global economy» and Anna Loginovskikh «Changes in consumer preferences from the perspective of theory of generations»

The jury particularly valued the research contribution of Lilit Danielyan, who presented an econometric analysis of gender diversity in boards of directors and its impact on business performance. 

Experts from Deloitte CIS commended several research papers: a report on ‘Non-Financial Stimulus for Business in BRICS Markets’ written by third year student Polina Slukina, and a group project on the ‘Impact of the Pandemic on Financial Markets’ prepared by third year students Daria Sazhina, Anna Baklushina, Svetlana Yarovaya, Polina Slukina, Anastasia Kozlova and Evgenia Krayushkina