The study of Russia's northern regions as frontier territories is the subject of this article. It has been shown that frontier territories are distinguished with special mechanisms of development and predominance of innovative projects in entrepreneurship. The management of the frontier territories is less centralized and depends more on personal and organizational qualities of local leaders. Distinctive features of the frontier territories brought about the fact that they have some specific demographic characteristics. One of the directions of the research is to clarify the question whether Russia's northern territories are frontiers or not at present time. This problem has been studied from two viewpoints. Firstly, on the basis of the authors' methodology the demographic indicators of Russia's northern territories were compared with the average Russian ones. Secondly, it has been estimated how special the management of the northern territories is in comparison with others.

The paper presents the results of research about specifics of gross domestic product production in Russia using the tool of econometrics -production functions apparatus. Also, there are quantitatively found answers on questions, which have theoretical and methodological significance. First question -what has a decisive influencing on the production of gross domestic product in Russia, whether it is stocks or investments into the main fund? It was found that the decisive influence on the production of gross domestic product in Russia comes from investments into the main fund. Weak dependency of gross domestic product in Russia on capital stocks explains the inappropriateness of using capital stocks as a parameter of fund in production functions. Second question -what is the exact type of indicators that is preferred to use for characterizing the components of production function in conditions of the Russian economy -cost or natural? It is defined that is it possible to use both -cost terms indicators and indexes

A number of modern scientific ideas concerning natural resources as factors of socio-economic territorial development have been considered in the paper. The relevance of considering arctic direction of such research and their specificity, i.e. interdisciplinary of the problem statement, theory and methodology has been stated. It has been emphasized that the issues of the relationship between the development of natural resources and the level of socio-economic development of the Arctic territories make the environmental aspect of research particularly relevant. It has been shown that the analysis of the state of the problem should also include the objectives of modern policy and management of Russia’s Arctic zone. It allowed not only to systematize and critically comprehend the existing knowledge, but to highlight some problem areas of theoretical ideas from the standpoint of practical problems of the Arctic territories management as well. The significant activity of world research of this problem; extreme variety of views; the availability of fundamental contradictions that cannot be settled on modern level of scientific thought have been established. It has been concluded that a number of contradictions are due to the fragmentation of the consideration of natural resources problem as factors for increasing the level of socio-economic development of territories. It has been noted that up-to-date requirements for the Arctic development determine scientific relevance and practical need for interdisciplinary methodology development. This methodology is based on an understanding of the rationality of scientific knowledge that can ensure the quality of management of noospheric evolution in the context of natural resources involving in social relations.

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Nowadays, the concept of innovation is a generally accepted approach to promoting sustainable development. However, the continuing deterioration of the environment, the rapid changes in external conditions in relation to science and innovation, and the need for regions to switch to a green economy, determine the need for scientific search in the field of "correct" innovations, organically integrating social, economic and environmental imperatives. This kind of innovation is known as green innovation. Innovation and entrepreneurship are needed to utilize new technologies towards a sustainable society. Eco-innovation and green technologies play an essential role for: greener economic and social development, economic growth, improved productivity and competitiveness, and improved quality of life. The purpose of the article is to describe the regional context of the promotion of "green" innovations and an analysis of the main trends and factors influencing this process. The authors used the analysis of statistical and analytical data, a comparative analysis of the experience of different countries, considered the types of "green" innovations, their dynamics and factors of development. A structural model of a regional eco-innovation system is proposed. The research highlights the special status of green innovations in regional development, based on their specific characteristics, such as the ability to create public environmental benefits, manifestation of positive external effects, including network effects, the ability to convert environmental and economic benefits into significant social effects, hybrid and multiplicative. Ecological innovations, developing in a quantitative and qualitative format, can become a backbone component of a regional innovation system and at the same time a source of technological, structural, and institutional changes during the transition to sustainable regional development.

The inequality of the socio-economic space of the regions is a significant problem for the management of the regional development of any country. The objective nature of the issue of unequal socio-economic development, the lack of unified regulation approaches and methods determine not only the practical meaning but also the scientific interest in considering the specific manifestation of this problem on particular objects. The paper illustrates the problem of differentiation in the socio-economic space of one Russian region by the data on the Murmansk region, the subject of the Russian Arctic zone. To analyze the situation the authors used integrated assessments, the relative strength index for each of the assessment indicators, and the Gini index. The authors have revealed the specifics in unequal socio-economic development of the Murmansk region and the stable trends on the basis of which have developed recommendations for managing the regional social and economic development.

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Purpose of the study: To explore the consists of studying the opportunities for unlocking the potential of carrying out an entrepreneurial activity of big business within the Russian Arctic as a part of corporate social responsibility policy conducted by it. Methodology: The leading approach identified is the integrated approach which includes theoretical generalizations, analysis of practical activities of the corporations, and sociological methods of obtaining the information. Main Findings: The main concepts of big business management that contribute to boosting its entrepreneurial activity have been discussed, and opportunities for enhancing the entrepreneurial activity of big business within the Russian Arctic as a constituent of the corporate social responsibility policy have been found. Applications of this study: The materials of the paper are of practical importance for corporations working within the Russian Arctic. Novelty/Originality of this study: In the work, models of corporate social responsibility implemented by corporations of the Arctic states have been summarized.