Dear readers!

    New phrases have entered our lives — self-preservation and sustainable development. It has become clear that they determine the success and efficiency of individuals, business communities and entire industries. Sustainable development can be viewed in two dimensions and entities. One definition characterizes the purposeful actions of a system that, while developing, moves along a target vector, deviating minimally from it under the influence of emerging external forces; the other definition is related to the activities of man, society and nature. It is believed that their joint development will be sustainable when in the aggregate becomes the adoption of a favourable decision for all at the same time.
    For the last decade, under the auspices of the UN, conferences have been held on a regular basis to formulate the principles of sustainable development of enterprises, territories, regions of the country, covering all types of activities (economic, environmental, political, social, intellectual) through a systemic representation of performance — economic efficiency, productivity, business activity, innovation and profitability.
    This issue of the journal is devoted to the principles and mechanisms of sustainable development of economic entities.

Sincerely, Peter Grabovyу, Editor-in-Chief