Abstract: This article is dedicated to the analysis of promising directions in domestic policy of Krasnodar Krai in the area of science and higher education. The authors substantiate the need for optimization of state policy of Krasnodar Krai in the area of science and higher education as the key condition for increasing its competitiveness both, in the Russian Federation and on the international level. An original definition is given to the regional state policy in the Russian Federation as a complex, cumulative activity of the system of regional government branches on development and implementation of goals on ensuring gradual development of society and the region overall, as well as of separate spheres of their organization and functionality. The authors believe that in the context of formation and implementation of domestic policy of Krasnodar Krai in the area of science and higher education (in order to increase competitiveness of the region), attention should be pain to the development of the following aspects: unification of legal and methodological support of the activity of scientific and higher education institutions; adoption of the Law of Krasnodar Krai “On Venture Capital Investments in the Sphere of Education and Science in Krasnodar Krai”; creation of the promising scientific-educational cluster in form of Kuban Federal University; stimulation of creation of the branches of international and national scientific-educational centers; modernization of the system of regional scientific-educational government grants; implementation of the model of centralized assignment system for the graduates of higher education institutions.

Abstract: This article is devoted to the analysis of the role of corporate control in the organization and activities of joint-stock companies. The authors believe that corporate control in a joint-stock company should be understood as a system of relations between the management bodies and officials of the issuer, owners of securities (such are shareholders, owners of bonds and other securities), as well as other interested parties involved in the management of the issuer as a legal entity in one way or another.
The article analyzes the principles of corporate control, in particular: centralization of management; decentralization; coordination of the activities of a joint-stock company as a corporate organization; legality; participation of shareholders in the work of the management bodies of a joint-stock company; integrity and reasonableness.
  This article uses a number of methods of scientific research, such as: formal-logical; comparative-legal; historical; deduction; induction; classification.
The authors have formulated the main function of corporate control, which is expressed in ensuring the efficiency of the joint-stock company in the interests of shareholders who have provided the company with financial resources for its activities.
The role of corporate control is substantiated in the work: it allows to coordinate the divergent interests of shareholders, management of joint-stock companies, controlling state organizations; thanks to it, it becomes possible to resolve conflicts of majority and minority shareholders; it allows for the continuous, continuous and progressive development of a joint-stock company; thanks to it, it is possible to ensure that the management's activities are aimed at the development of a joint-stock company, and not just to satisfy the desires of shareholders.