The authors on the basis of empirical research, identified problems and priorities improve the efficiency of companies with state participation. Determined the content of the effectiveness of the company with state participation. The generalization of different appraisal techniques allowed us to propose a set of indicators, allowing to conduct comprehensive analysis taking into account the most significant factors in the development of the company.

The state-owned companies is a complex structure consisting of a large number of components. For successful operation of the entire system requires that each employee contributed to the achievement of the strategic goals of the company. The article describes the basic principles of employee motivation and their involvement in the process of achieving the strategic goals of companies with state participation.

In recent years the issue of raising management efficiency of state-owned enterprises became significant. The balanced scorecard and key performance indicators are the basic tools to measure management efficiency. The article describes the stages of implementation of the BSC and KPI and the KPI systems. The article also highlighted the problems and prospects of development of these strategic tools.

The article deals with the problem of the industrial complex of the Russian Federation in the conditions of sanctions restrictions and volatile business environment. Based on the analysis of theoretical material on the impact of sanctions on the economy, the research experience of the Soviet Union to overcome the economic blockades, as well as studying the work of Russian experts, focuses on the assessment of the current situation around Russia, concluded that the possibility of using sanctions as a means of stimulating the processes the development of domestic industry and import substitution. Propose additional measures to adapt existing instruments of industrial policy in a changing business environment.

Reform of corporate law has changed the usual understanding of the classification of business entities. In place of open and closed societies came to public and non-public joint stock companies. Private companies as an organizational form no longer exists. In this regard, the company had difficulties with the definition of their status.

In the article, the author, based on eight directives of International Social Security Association (ISSA) published in Russian, concludes that the goals of social security system should be reconsidered thoroughly taking into account the aims of human development formulated in United Nations Development Program (UNDP).