Integration and planning in regional development strategies: conceptual, theoretical and applied aspects

The authors of the study consider content analysis as a methodological approach in the study of development strategies of the federation subjects and identification of facts of integration in the conditions of transformation of the geo-regional situation and intensive changes that create a new reality for achieving the planned goals of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation territories, more complex and specific than before. To counter these changes, a new perspective on the practice of strategic management is needed. The comparative assessment of the development strategies of the territories of the largest agglomerations of the Russian Federation allows developing an effective system of methods for making managerial decisions in the field of strategic management. The study conducted by the authors updated the views on the strategic management of the ongoing integration in the regions of Russia by conducting a detailed content analysis of the statements of the regional elite. The results of the study revealed the effects of regional integration as well as the main trends and causal relationships. In addition, the authors propose a number of measures for managing the integration and planning processes in the current strategies of socio-economic development of sub-regional entities.