Elena Soloveva

The important mechanism of small and average business development in the conditions of innovative economy is application of cluster approach. In article the essence of cluster approach is opened, the experience of creation of clusters and their influence on business development are studied. The author picks out the priority branches where the cluster approach is effective.

Making a decision in a real problem of management represents a challenge connected with a variety of existing alternatives. In this situation economic-mathematical methods and models are effective enough. Application of economic-mathematical methods allows to raise considerably quality strategic, tactical and routine planning, to gain additional effect without involving in process of additional resources

An important political and national problem at the given stage is education modernization. The modernization purpose consists in creation of the mechanism of a sustainable development of an education system for which achievement a number of the priority interconnected problems should dare. Authors con-sider ways of the decision of these problems