Support of the SDGs as a New Approach to Financial Risk Management in Responsible Universities in Russia

Zhanna V. Gornostaeva (), Larisa V. Shabaltina, Igor V. Denisov, Aleksandra A. Musatkina and Nikolai G. Sinyavskiy
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Zhanna V. Gornostaeva: Faculty of Economics, Service and Entrepreneurship, Don State Technical University, 344000 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Larisa V. Shabaltina: Department of Management Theory and Business Technologies, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, 109992 Moscow, Russia
Igor V. Denisov: Department of Management Theory and Business Technologies, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, 109992 Moscow, Russia
Aleksandra A. Musatkina: Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Institute of Law, Togliatti State University, 445667 Togliatti, Russia
Nikolai G. Sinyavskiy: Department of Economic Security and Risk Management, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Leningradsky Ave., 49/2, 125167 Moscow, Russia

Risks, 2024, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-26

Abstract: The purpose of this paper was to reveal the influence of the support of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) on the financial risks of responsible universities in Russia. This paper fills the gap in the literature that exists regarding the unknown consequences of SDGs’ support by responsible Russian universities concerning their financial risks. Based on the experience of the top 30 most responsible Russian universities in 2023, we used regression analysis to compile a model for their financial risk management. This model mathematically describes the cause-and-effect relationships of financial risk management in responsible Russian universities. This paper offers a new approach to financial risk management in responsible Russian universities. In it, financial risks to Russian universities are reduced due to universities accepting responsibility for state and private investors. A feature of the new approach is that the effective use of university funds is ensured not by cost savings but by the support of the SDGs. The potential for a reduction in financial risk in responsible universities in Russia through alternative approaches to financial risk management was disclosed. The proposed new approach can potentially raise (to a large extent) the aggregate incomes of responsible universities in Russia compared to the existing approach. The main conclusion is that the existing approach to financial risk management in Russian universities is based on low-efficiency managerial measures which risk burdening universities. This burden could be prevented with the newly developed approach to financial risk management in responsible universities in Russia through support of the SDGs. The theoretical significance lies in clarifying the specific list of the SDGs whose support makes the largest contribution to reducing financial risks for the universities—namely, SDG 4, SDG 8, and SDG 9. The practical significance is that the new approach will allow for full disclosure of the potential reduction in financial risks in responsible universities in Russia in the Decade of Action (2020–2030). The managerial significance is as follows: the proposed recommendations will allow improved financial risk management in Russian universities through optimization of the support of the SDGs.

Keywords: financial risks to universities; universities’ support of the SDGs; financial risk management; responsible universities; universities of Russia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C G0 G1 G2 G3 K2 M2 M4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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