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The concept of sustainable development is traditionally associated with the economy, society, ecology, and building relationships between them. At the enterprise level, this means that economic, social and environmental goals are at least consistent with each other. The validity of this understanding is beyond doubt. However, in modern conditions it is practically impossible to ensure the long-term and competitive functioning of enterprises without the use of information technologies in their activities. This article provides arguments regarding the need to transform information stability from factors into a determinant of sustainable development, thereby turning the traditional triad into a tetrad. On the other hand, due to this expansion, it becomes more relevant to assess the balance of the sustainable development components. In this regard, the purpose of the study is to develop and apply a methodology for assessing the balance of the economic, social, environmental, and information components of sustainable development according to the criteria of reliability, dynamism, and acceptability. Research results of small and medium-sized enterprises in Russia indicate that only two out of fifteen enterprises achieved a high level of balanced sustainable development. In most cases, regardless the sustainable development level, the balance of determinants is at a lower level. Moreover, cases with a high but not balanced sustainable development confirmed the assumption that a high sustainability level for some determinants can compensate for a low sustainability level for others. The results obtained prove that the real vector of sustainable development can be determined only in accordance with the balance degree.

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Research background:The aim of the scientific contribution is to analyze the aspect of Transport Development of the Greater Tumen Initiative. Economic cooperation among the countries of the Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) is the basis for interaction in various fields, especially transport. Purpose of the article: However, taking into account the prevailing trends in Europe-Asia transportation, it is not entirely correct to make the implementation of GTI transport projects dependent on prospective transit freight flows. At first, it is necessary to concentrate on the transport support of foreign trade flows directly between the GTI member countries. Methods: We propose to assess the stability of foreign trade flows as a cargo base (current and potential) of transport projects within the GTI by absolute time series, which reflects the trend (or its absence, i.e. each next level is higher or lower than the previous one) and its stability, as well as by relative time series, i.e. growth rates, which reflects the stability of the change rate (the growth rate of each subsequent period is higher or lower than the previous one).Findings & Value added: Based on the results of the assessment of foreign trade flows between the member countries, that forms the current and potential cargo base of transport projects, it was concluded not only about a high degree of stability and potential of foreign economic cooperation, but also about the need of extra measures for its further intensifying, including foreign trade transport services improvement.