The Author considers a concept of digital economy as a highlighted and separated part of knowledge economy and investigates possible economic and worldview reasons for such separation. He sketches a concept of the existing social coverage systems (pension, medical and social insurance) in the context of the digital economy and outlines associated risks.

Nowadays companies go bankrupt rather frequently, which is mainly due to difficult business environment. It is necessary to find a reasonable approach to the problem of corporate bankruptcy that should result in companies reducing their risks and saving their money. This article touches upon the major reasons for involuntary bankruptcy, the process of filing a bankruptcy petition, and some possible consequences of becoming bankrupt for the company.

In article on the basis of the analysis of economic, environmental and social aspects of sustainable development of JSC "Grid Company" provides concrete examples showing the need to ensure a strategic balance of environmental, social and economic activities of the company. Reasonably concluded that the activity of JSC "Grid Company" in the field of ensuring a strategic balance between economic, environmental and social pillars of sustainable development will allow us to more accurately determine and adjust strategic priorities, goals and objectives of the organization to increase the effectiveness of achieving the set goals.

The reasons for the increase in the number of bankrupt firms are investigated. The role of external management for the firm is analyzed. Positive and negative aspects of external management are considered, as well as ways to get the firm out of a crisis situation. Statistics of external management in the Russian Federation is given in articl.

Modern organizations operate in an environment of uncertainty conditions, unpredictable, sudden changes, so they must have a high level of adaptation to changing conditions. In order to become an adaptive, manufacturing, logistics, innovative subsystems of enterprise must have certain resource stocks, buffers: its mobilization will enable the organization to quickly adapt to new requirements. The management system must be designed so as to be able to seize the initiative in unpredictable situations, to adequately act in unforeseen circumstances, effectively allocate resources and exploit new emerging opportunities.

This article gives a common review of the history of managerial thought in Russia in the late XIX th and the early XX th century dealing with the main problems of self-management and self-development. The modern situation requires new approaches to studying of socio-cultural, socio-economic and especially socio-psychological basis of self-management in the interpretation of the famous Russian scientist N.I. Kareev.