The market of territorial strategic consulting in Russia in 2016-2018: insider's notes

The author describes the trends of the service market aimed at working out the strategies for socio-economic development of the federal entities and municipalities of Russia. Information on tenders for state and municipal contracts available in the Unified Procurement Information System has been analyzed. The period of 2016-2018 is characterized in detail: the volume of the market, key players, types of market behavior of participants are determined. The authr shows the segmentation of market from the supply side and from the demand side. The tendencies of domination and strengthening of monopolization from the largest state universities - RANEPA (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration) and Higher School of Economics are revealed. Due to the small size of the market, one large contract can be up to a quarter of the market volume, which accordingly makes its performer a dominant player. It is noted that the tactics of price dumping, as a rule, are unsuccessful...