Resource-usefulness approach to the study of socio-economic systems as a theoretical basis for their safe development

  • Valerii F. Bainev Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Tatyana Yu. Gorayeva Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

In connection with the unprecedented aggravation of the geopolitical situation and the aggravation of global contradictions in the development of civilisation, the tasks of ensuring and strengthening security are coming to the fore. The fundamental shortcomings of the prevailing cost, inherently costly economic paradigm, which prevent humanity from entering the trajectory of safe sustainable development, are revealed. As an addition to the cost criteria for assessing and managing socio-economic systems, useful ones that focus not on costs, but on the useful result of the functioning of socio-economic systems are proposed. It is shown that the use of a resource-usefulness approach to the assessment and management of the scientific and technical sphere can solve the urgent problem for Belarus of strengthening technological security. It is concluded that the resource-utility approach can become the theoretical basis for civilisation to enter the trajectory of safe, sustainable development.

Author Biographies

Valerii F. Bainev, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

doctor of science (economics), full professor; head of the research laboratory «Integrated studies of the problems of socio-economic development», faculty of economics

Tatyana Yu. Gorayeva, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (economics), docent; head of the department of economic security, faculty of economics

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Published
2023-12-13
Keywords: scientific and technical progress, scientific and technical sphere, technical and technological progress, sustainable development, safety, technological safety
How to Cite
Bainev, V. F., & Gorayeva, T. Y. (2023). Resource-usefulness approach to the study of socio-economic systems as a theoretical basis for their safe development. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Economics, 2, 51-60. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/economy/article/view/5863
Issue
No 2 (2023): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Economics
Section
O. Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth

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