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Formation of remote education as a means of restoration of Russian recessive regions’ economy

Aleksei V. Bogoviz (National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia)
Alexander Alekseev (Plekhanov Russian Economic University, Moscow, Russian Federation)
Elena Akopova (Rostov State University of Economics, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)
Natalia Przhedetskaya (Rostov State University of Economics, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)
Julia Ragulina (RUDN University, Moscow, Russia)

International Journal of Educational Management

ISSN: 0951-354X

Article publication date: 8 April 2019

Issue publication date: 8 April 2019

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to substantiate the perspectives of using remote education as a means of restoring Russian recessing regions’ economy and develop framework recommendations for this.

Design/methodology/approach

The set goal is achieved by finding the dependence of the values of indicators of socio-economic development on the level of development of education in Russian regions. The methods of regression and correlation analysis are used for that.

Findings

The findings showed a moderate direct connection between the development of education and socio-economic position of the region if found. Qualitative analysis allowed substantiating large perspectives of using remote education as a means of restoring Russian recessing regions’ economy, which have two manifestations. The first one is related to the increase of accessibility of educational services in Russian regions. Due to this, the potential of development of region’s human potential is better realized. Being one of the key resources in the conditions of knowledge economy, human resources stimulate the activation of entrepreneurial activities, growth of labor efficiency and innovational activity of region’s companies. The second manifestation envisages the formation of entrepreneurship in the sphere of remote education as a growth vector and source of competitive advantages of recessing region’s economy. This opens possibilities for the formation of knowledge economy in region and supporting its high competitiveness. Low capital intensity of entrepreneurship in the sphere of remote education makes it accessible for development even in recessing regions, stimulating the growth of the volume of tax revenues into the regional state budget and formation of its positive balance.

Originality/value

For the practical implementation of the determined large perspectives of using remote education as a means of restoring Russian recessing regions’ economy, authors’ framework recommendations are offered, which are aimed at the improvement of normative and legal conditions for the conduct of entrepreneurial activities in the sphere of remote education, information support for this entrepreneurship and its marketing support and promotion as a basis of region’s economy’s competitiveness.

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Citation

Bogoviz, A.V., Alekseev, A., Akopova, E., Przhedetskaya, N. and Ragulina, J. (2019), "Formation of remote education as a means of restoration of Russian recessive regions’ economy", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 33 No. 3, pp. 438-445. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-08-2018-0256

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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