Directions for improving the activities of Russian intermediary companies in the field of international business

The relevance of the study is due to the importance of the role and place of the national economy in the modern world economic system, largely evidenced by the volume of international economic activity, their dynamics and structural characteristics. In the context of the globalization of the world economy, the growth of competition, the task of scaling up and improving the efficiency of foreign economic activity is becoming more complicated and the importance of information and knowledge, in particular managerial knowledge, as a factor of production is increasing. Subjects of foreign economic activity are increasingly in need of proper intermediary support for more efficient implementation of their foreign economic activities, reduction of transaction costs, rationalization of business processes and more stable and predictable development. The purpose of the article is to identify areas for improving the activities of Russian intermediary companies in the field of international business. In the course of the research, the dialectical method of scientific cognition, as well as general scientific methods of cognition, namely: methods of analysis and synthesis; methods of data generalization, were used. The article considers the strategic priorities for the development of intermediary services in the system of foreign economic activity of Russia; presents the stages of strategic goals for the development of mediation services in the system of foreign economic activity of Russia and defines the functions and methods of strategic guidelines for the development of the infrastructure of foreign economic activity. It is concluded that the systemic nature of the problem of solving the problems of increasing the effectiveness of intermediary services in the system of foreign economic activity of Russia requires a strategic approach, since the effectiveness of public policy in a particular area largely depends on the effectiveness of its planning and programming. This provides for the development and implementation of state documents of a strategic and tactical nature, which contain a list of economic and administrative measures of state influence. In particular, we are talking about the need to develop a strategy for the development of mediation in the system of foreign economic activity as an integral system of measures for long-term actions of the subjects of its implementation, aimed at strengthening the role of intermediary services in the processes of strengthening the positions of domestic enterprises (and, as a consequence, the state and improving its participation in the international division of labor) in foreign markets, achieving their goals are based on taking into account competitive advantages and the action of a combination of external factors.