Digitalization is one of the “catalysts” of economic development in any modern state. Accordingly, it has a strong impact on international financial market as a whole. The countries that were among the first to carry out digital transformation in their economies occupy leading positions in terms of socio-economic development. At the moment, global economy is in a rather difficult situation, and the leading countries are still looking for new ways of development that can ease some aspects of economy. The need for rapid implementation and adaptation of international financial market to digital technologies and transformation of international monetary and credit relations are the main trends in international financial market digitalization development in modern conditions. Due to digital technologies development, new participants in financial market are emerging, the range of services provided is expanding, and the quality of the results is improving.

The article studies evolution of low-carbon economy concept development as a new model of economy and environmental regulation. The analyzed scientific research of Russian and foreign scientists allowed to identify main mechanisms, methods, and key factors of new low-carbon economy development and transformation, to classify energy efficiency indicators, as well as to systematize its current trends. To date, all international experts, politicians, and non-governmental organizations have come to a common opinion that “green” (low-carbon) economy is an important direction to achieve sustainable economic development, social policy, and environmental conservation. The relevance of the study lies in the fact that low-carbon economy development in the conditions of serious transformation of energy and global economic crisis is the main lever of gradual transition to ecological civilization, providing interaction, and coordination of economic, social, and environmental aspects. Based on the study results, conclusions have been drawn that can determine the key directions for forming economic development programs and projects to optimize energy efficiency resources. Considering global climate change, it is necessary to take a number of important measures to eliminate negative impacts on the environmental sphere.

The article studies statistical data in the field of education export and research activities of Russian universities subordinate to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (hereinafter – the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia) and examines the impact of sanctions of “unfriendly countries” on the educational export programs effectiveness in Russian universities and effectiveness of research activities of organizations subordinate to the Ministry. In 2022 a hypothesis has been put forward that there is no significant impact of the sanctions of “unfriendly countries” on the effectiveness of research activities and educational export programs in Russian universities (in the short term), provided that the existing mechanisms of university science state management are functioning. New data collected in 2023 based on the analysis results of the reports of universities subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia made it possible to verify the Hypothesis. As a study result, it was shown that, subject to the functioning of the existing mechanisms of the higher education system state regulation, the scientific and educational activities of Russian universities in the field of international cooperation are not only little vulnerable to sanctions from “unfriendly countries”, but also have the potential for development. The authors emphasize that the effectiveness of educational activities of Russian universities subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia in the field of international cooperation is higher than scientific and technical.

Sectoral real estate state management is one of the complex types of management. It includes individual objects management technologies, corporate management technologies considering the interests of the industry and state management technologies considering the state interests and inter-sectoral balance. Sectoral university real estate state management is even more complex. It uses not commercial effect as for commercial enterprises, but social effect and the criterion of resource provision of the country’s industries as the main efficiency criterion. Indirect indicators rather than direct ones consider this effect. The education system is subsidized, so the direct assessment of its efficiency is conditional. Higher education organizations real estate management is one of the important components of management. Real estate management is related to spatial economics and geoinformatics. The original development of a decision support system for educational organizations real estate management has been described. The system was developed under the assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. It uses geographic information systems as an additional component. It has been shown that it is necessary to apply geodata for real estate management. The basic principles of university real estate management with the help of this system have been described. Spatial information for sectoral real estate management should be combined with environmental, social, and economic information.

Digital management issues are extensive and are often considered from a general theoretical point of view, which makes manifestation of well-systematized practical guidelines relevant. The article presents a review of a recent and successful work on digital governance. The book consists of two introductory sections and 12 chapters combined into three parts. The issues considered in the reviewed work relate to digitalization processes and their impact on management activities, collective intelligence, and the possibilities of its application in organizational management implementation, as well as artificial intelligence, its technologies, and prospects for their use in modern management. It is strongly recommended that these technologies be implemented as part of pilot projects with testing of their effectiveness and subsequent retrofitting. It is established that the author does not focus on purely technological aspects, but, firstly, shows the continuity and interrelation of “classical” and digital management and, secondly, focuses on a manager’s personality and new challenges for them in the context of digitalization. The book is characterized by an academic, but at the same time simple and well-structured presentation of complex material. There are a lot of specifics, examples, and recommendations. Some aspects of digital management remained out of the author’s of the book field of view, but such incompleteness is inevitable. The book can be useful for specialists, teachers, and university students, as well as managers themselves.