The authors investigate the issue of modelling the balance of sustainable growth determinants based on determining the center of mass. They have identified the most relevant factors that characterize countries' social, economic, and political spheres, digital capability, and cybersecurity to determine sustainable development and growth. The research has been carried out based on empirical values of the selected 17 indicators for 127 world countries in 2018. As a result, the four–pole barycentric models were built as quadrangles, the vertices of which are composite targets formed by the determinants of the four spheres. The models' calculations were carried out taking into account three components: the values of the composite targets (as a geometric mean), the level of pairs balance (as the sum of opposite pairs of quadrilateral angles), and all four targets (as the distance between the actual and standard value of the center of mass). According to the analysis result of the first component, developed countries have the most effective targets (top five – Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and the Netherlands). Research of the results of the second component has revealed an imbalance in target pairs for most countries. Determinants of socio–political development are the most effective for developed countries. The economic sphere is most unbalanced for the least developed countries. Various determinants can cause an imbalance for developing and new industrial countries. The analysis of the center of mass distances revealed that not only developed countries could be balanced, but also developing, new industrial and the least developed, which indicates a balanced development of their determinants, which is pretty slow. New Zealand, Mauritius, South Africa and Mali were the most balanced in each country's sustainable growth group.

Ensuring the production of high-quality and competitive products is a strategic task of the national economy, on which the pace of industrial development of the country and its national prestige depend. One of the highly competitive industries in the Russian Federation is the confectionery industry, which produces a large range of confectionery products. In modern conditions of growing competition, the confectionery market must be flexible and be able to adapt to the consumer. To effectively regulate the production of confectionery products, it is necessary to analyze the production volumes of these products for a long time, as well as to estimate consumption volumes. Today it is very important for the Russian economy, in particular for the enterprises themselves, to establish the level of exports and imports of confectionery. The article discusses in detail the volumes of consumption and import of various segments of confectionery products produced in the Russian Federation. Due to its convenient geographical location, the import of confectionery products is carried out across the transboundary territories of the Far East, which contributes to the development of strong international economic relations between Russia and China.

Фролова Н.Л. к.е.н., викладач Навчально-науковий інститут «Каразінська школа бізнесу» Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна

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There is the analysis of the Russian grant system to support science and scientific activities in the article, the author deals with the impact of grant funding on the development of competition in science and proposes directions of improvement of the Russian grant system as a mechanism for the development of competitive relations in the scientific environment.