Alexander Shohov

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Resource Thinking in Politics: the pros and cons

Politicians CIS countries often focus on resource capture. If the country comes to power some party, she immediately begins to put forward their own people to key positions in the executive branch, to promote the election of its members in Parliament and local councils.

This is nothing like the capture of the resource. However, when the resource is captured and competitors in the struggle for life swept away, often, politicians have not understood why they took this resource. It seems, then, is the country. And what to do with it - is unclear.

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What's "business model"?

In recent months, the term "business model" is gaining popularity. However, a clear definition of the term "business model" does not exist yet. I offer my own definition of the term "business model".

To critics, I note that it is given by me for reasons of practicality, convenience, and the applicability and does not purport to be "scientific knowledge" or "scientific truth." Read more "

We will make you richer:)

"You're so smart?
Can you make me rich? "

The main task of consulting - is the introduction of purpose, meaning, in the activity of the client and the opening of new opportunities before him (including for investments in emerging businesses).

We can say briefly: we, the consultants, sell meanings and possibilities. Read more "

Topology of the regional economies

To solve the problems of economic development of the analysis of the topology of the economy was one of the very useful tools. One advantage is that the same tool can be used to solve the problem of economic development of regions, cities and states.

Here I want to express the idea of the approach, without going into the formulas and algorithms.

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"Effective" management: assessment of damage

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There are plenty of professional standards and rules followed by the "effective" managers, and handed on from generation to generation as a professional and cultural norms of activity, thus causing considerable damage to various companies and business in general. Consider some of them.

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Trends in the advertising market: forecast to 2020

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During the next decade, the advertising market will undergo radical changes. Major trends in the advertising market and strategies capture the lion's share ", I propose to your attention in this publication.

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Book "Consciousness: User's Manual" by Alexander Shokhov was published in 2009

The book "Consciousness: User's Manual" by Alexander Shokhov was published in 2009.
Читать далее » This book teachs you how to use your consciousness to be happy and succeed. Read more "

Five consulting products, increase your profits

Рост прибыли We suggest you consider the presentation (format pdf) five consulting products for their need is for your company.

  1. Develop and implement effective development strategies implemented by the company
  2. Debugging the functioning of the company, building a system of business processes and setting an effective management system
  3. Development of human capital and corporate culture
  4. Develop and implement new business models (for example, real estate agents)
  5. Creative reflexive game (new ideas for development and promotion of business) Read more "

Investors, investment and capitalization

One of technology strategic consulting - is an investment consulting. This service allows you to organize your business, using cheap credit resources or money for investment and venture funds. Development, organized on the borrowed money will allow you to build a plant, factory, elevator, a pig farm, and any other company. Selling a new company after the completion of construction, you can capitalize on a sufficiently large amount. Thus, investment consulting - is one of the most direct ways to market capitalization.

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Analysis of the concept of "legitimacy"

In law, almost from the very beginning of its occurrence, there are two concepts: "the spirit of the law" and "letter of the law". The very notion of "the spirit of the law" arose from the idea that the law is a means of establishing justice. The ideal situation is considered a match, for example, judicial decisions, and the letter of the law and its spirit, it is submitted that, in principle, be considered legitimate and fair. However, in most everyday situations, when we use the law, the idyll of his compliance with the letter of the law the spirit is destroyed. Read More "

Business development: how to solve this problem?

Nobody wants to stop development. Requirements grow, the cost increase, respectively, to live with the times, it is necessary to constantly increase their incomes. And if you are not an employee with a fixed salary, the task of developing their business (whatever you're doing) is relevant to you in almost any time.

Large companies usually give this task to outsource, that is, hire consultants and experts who design business development. But if you do not trust third-party consultants or not so much earning to pay for the design of the next step of development, one thing remains - do it yourself.

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Economic models of European civilization and the new economy

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If a long time to manage the situation, it becomes unmanageable

From the collection of obviousness

Abstract

In this paper the author attempts to analyze the economic model of Western civilization.

Economic model will be called stable in time algorithm for the economic relations between large social groups. European civilization over the past three thousand years, has repeatedly changed his appearance, with the economic model has also changed each other. However, society has always, and she became the basic economic model that best corresponds to the interests of large social groups. Our research explores the dynamics of this process. As we shall see later, the consideration of the past of our civilization in this world, allows us to detect non-obvious ways in the future. This is the reason for writing this work.

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In the CIS countries, a ban on thinking

© Alexander Shohov

"I do not think. I think straight.
Thinking distorts the brain, and consideration straightens,
and promotes blood circulation.
Words Fridrihsons from the feature film
E. Schwartz on the play "To Kill a Dragon

Anthropologists have long pointed out that in any society has a system of taboos. We, European society is not taken to show each other some parts of the body, it is considered rude to spit or ease nature publicly. Examples can cause long. The system of taboos, operating in society, usually not recognized as a taboo and therefore not comprehended.

One of these unconscious taboo in the society of the CIS is a ban on thinking. Read more "

In Wikipedia, there was an article "Management Consulting"

After discovering an annoying gap in Wikipedia - there was no article "Management Consulting" I decided to fix it. I beg to read and criticize . Criticism will be taken into account in further editing.

The universal rule of effective management

If you can not solve the problem, then you simply do not have the appropriate technology.

Always nice to see the work of effective managers. It seems that all their actions and decisions do not require any effort that everything turns them itself.

Another interesting technology to record their work and how they manage people. Experience this fixation you will see in the subsequent text.

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Forecast for home prices in major cities of the CIS in 2010-2015. An effective business model.

The presentation was made on the basis of articles can be downloaded from here .

Alexander © Shohov (concept)

Andrey Fedorenko (verification of mathematical model based on statistics)

Date of writing the text on 12-13 June 2010

Introduction

Factors affecting the cost of housing, is well known to all active players in the market:

1. Number of flats for sale in categories:

Table 1

New unfinished New unfinished Secondary
Prestige Area
Number of rooms in the planning
Accessibility planning
Size
Cost per square meter
... *

* It is possible to isolate and other categories: ceiling height, the view from the windows, completion date (for the unfinished houses), the start date of the elevators (in the unfinished new houses), etc.

2. Number of customers with free wherewithal to purchase housing.

3. Ease of obtaining information and easy search options for flats (professionalism and service real estate companies)

But, knowing what factors affect the cost of housing, none of the experts on the real estate market can not confidently predict the growth or a further fall in prices for apartments. In other words, professionals avoid predictions. Why? They do not understand the markets in which operate? Or do not have the analysis tools? Meanwhile, the prognosis in such an important field of activity is obviously needed. After all, without it is impossible to build a long-term business strategy in real estate. Read more "

Forecast the dynamics of home prices in major cities of the CIS for 2010-2015

At the meeting of the Odessa Business Club June 24, 2010 addressed the topic of forecasting house prices in 2010-2015. The report, made by AS Shohovym led to an interesting and emotional discussion of the topic.

The report can be downloaded here .

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Modern approaches to strategic consulting

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The rapid and global changes that are undergoing the market today, the movement of the centers of world production from the U.S. and Europe to Southeast Asia and the Middle East, the emergence and introduction of numerous innovations that lead to the redistribution of world markets - these are the realities of today's business.

Now more than ever, important fresh approaches and original business idea. Of the entire set of ideas is necessary to select and properly implement those that are really lead to profit and bring to the new markets. Error in the choice of ideas, bugs in the implementation, construction of an inefficient business model can be costly to investors. Read more "

In Odessa Business Club will analyze the state of current markets

At meetings of the Odessa Business Club will be considered state of affairs in seven key markets. The purpose of the meetings - to develop and propose an active market participants more efficient business model, which in today's environment will solve the problem of increasing market share and revenues. Read more "

Alexander Shohov hold 7 lectures on effective business models

Due to the expected period of recovery before the fast growing companies have many problems:

1. Timely restructure its work and send market activity so as to expand its market segment, to attract new customers. Read more "

Interview with Alexander Shohova in the transfer of Alena Draganov (Riach)

CIS countries: the 21 st century feudalism

The question of how social environment is formed in the CIS last twenty years, is not among the frequently asked. From the moment when the Marxist ideology, figuratively speaking, went out of fashion, this is not accepted and ask not exactly forbidden, but is considered outdated thinking.
Meanwhile, the brain is similar to the stomach, only one - as the stomach identifies gastric juice, because the brain produces thought. And this process is quite difficult to stop, even with the help of self-censorship. :-)
So, dear thinkers who look at the basic characteristics of the society, which is formed in most CIS countries. Read more "

Seven circumstantial evidence of the Creator of the Universe

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In the beginning I want to state that the term "Creator" in the text is used exclusively as a designation of an abstract image, not having anything to do with religious cults of all time. This political correctness considered to be met and continue to think, without burdening the constraints.

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There are some features of our universe, which appears to be circumstantial evidence of the Creator. Read more "

Innovation and the Innovation Economy

One of the systemic problems of governance - is the management of economic development. In order to organize the management activities at the required level of efficiency, we must first:

1. Revise the definition of "economic development", through which it will be possible to construct a system of indicators of economic development.

We propose to adopt a definition of the term.
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The universal system of social origin "Intellect - Will - Intuition"

Imagine a fantastic situation. One morning you, Mr. N, wake up, turn on your computer and you can see in my mailbox a letter addressed to you personally, entitled "Dear N! We send you your coordinates in the social space. " Perhaps, at first you think that this - spam, but most likely, curiosity will prevail and you will discover a letter. Read more "