Introduction

Dear Readers and Authors of Journal! With great pleasure we are presenting the first issue of the scientific journal “Economics. Ecology. Socium”. Scientific edition “Economics. Ecology. Socium” is an international electronic scientific and practical journal on economic sciences, founded in 2017 by the Institute for Market Problems and Economic-and-Ecological Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Odessa Institute of Trade and Economics of Kyiv National University of Trade and Bronislaw Markiewicz State Higher School of Technology and Economics in Jarosław (Poland). The main aim of the electronic scientific journal “Economics. Ecology. Socium” is to join the efforts of economists who work at the National Academy of Sciences, higher educational establishments of Ukraine and foreign scientific and educational institutions to improve the quality of economic research and education. Scientific journal “Economics. Ecology. Socium” is aimed at solving issues that are being investigated by the scientists from different countries whose works are devoted to the topical problems and researches concerning the theoretical and applied tasks of economic development, national, regional and local socio-economic-ecological systems, their integration into the world economy, the formation of business environment and new forms of entrepreneurship, introduction of economic innovations. I’d like to thank the authors who present scientific articles of both theoretical and empirical content, representing scientific and practical interest in all areas of economic science. I express my special gratitude to the co-founders and members of the editorial board who accepted the invitation to work together and contribute to the creation of the international scientific journal “Economics. Ecology. Socium”. Director of Institute of Market Problems and Economic&Ecological Research of the NAS of Ukraine Academician Boris BURKINSKY