Socio-economic and ecological stability of an urban area is closely related to environmental management. The best way to determine the urban environment is the quality rating system. The research aimed to determine indicators of urban development quality and their weight coefficient using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method. The study reveals five main groups of indicators where safety and ecology of the urban environment has the biggest influence on the quality of urban development.

The article deals with the company's transition to management based on a process approach. This approach is the basis for the introduction of lean-production, which has been especially popular in recent years in Russia. Company executives do not always understand how to start changes. The authors have developed diagnostic matrices in three areas: Management Processes, Organizational Culture, and Organizational Systems. Using an expert assessment of the proposed criteria, the manager can understand the current level of company development and identify problems in each area. Developed diagnostic matrices consider the analysis of processes in the dynamics of transformation of company policy from reactive to proactive.

The article provides a comparative analysis of the regions of the Volga Federal District, Russia to identify the dependence of industrial development on the environment. The research collected statistical information for all regions of the district and used it as a basis for constructing a perception map showing the actual regional situations compared to the “ideal point”.

Abstract. The article describes factors of environmental change that cause the need to form new forms of interaction between economically active market subjects for sustainable development of territories. The authors of the article analyze franchising as one of the most flexible forms of interaction in small business. Modern trends in small business show a gradual merger of the production of goods and their trade with the provision of services. It leads to the necessity to create a fundamentally new mechanism that meets the needs of the modern market. The article proposes a new complex model of franchising which combines all the specified forms.

The article discusses the possibility of integrating the traditionally opposed approaches of Agile and Kanban in the management of large manufacturing enterprises. The aim of the study is to develop a new algorithm for the implementation of lean production via formation of small work groups that operate based on Scrum methodology. Authors have classified famous approaches to lean manufacturing implementation, identified general patterns, and proposed a new integrated approach. The developed algorithm helps to launch lean production at a large enterprise in a most efficient way, quickly involve personnel in the change process, and identify change leaders. Agile frameworks in lean management support to get a specific result in a short time and make quick adjustments to scheduled plans.