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   <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Management</journal-id>
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    <journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Management</journal-title>
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     <trans-title>Russian Journal of Management</trans-title>
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   <issn publication-format="print">2409-6024</issn>
   <issn publication-format="online">2500-1469</issn>
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   <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">116476</article-id>
   <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29039/2409-6024-2026-14-2-135-148</article-id>
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     <subject>Финансовый менеджмент</subject>
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    <subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en">
     <subject>Financial management</subject>
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    <subj-group>
     <subject>Финансовый менеджмент</subject>
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    <article-title xml:lang="en">SURROGATE INDEX AS AN INNOVATIVE TOOL FOR STRATEGIC CONTROL: BRIDGING THE TIME GAP IN MANAGERIAL DECISION-MAKING</article-title>
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     <trans-title>СУРРОГАТНЫЙ ИНДЕКС КАК ИННОВАЦИОННЫЙ ИНСТРУМЕНТ СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКОГО КОНТРОЛЯ: ПРЕОДОЛЕНИЕ ВРЕМЕННОГО РАЗРЫВА В ПРИНЯТИИ УПРАВЛЕНЧЕСКИХ РЕШЕНИЙ</trans-title>
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      <name xml:lang="ru">
       <surname>Шапуров</surname>
       <given-names>Александр Александрович</given-names>
      </name>
      <name xml:lang="en">
       <surname>Shapurov</surname>
       <given-names>Alexandr Alexandrovich</given-names>
      </name>
     </name-alternatives>
     <email>a.shapurov@melsu.ru</email>
     <bio xml:lang="ru">
      <p>доктор экономических наук;</p>
     </bio>
     <bio xml:lang="en">
      <p>doctor of economic sciences;</p>
     </bio>
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      <name xml:lang="ru">
       <surname>Шапурова</surname>
       <given-names>Елена Александровна</given-names>
      </name>
      <name xml:lang="en">
       <surname>Shapurova</surname>
       <given-names>Elena Alexandrovna</given-names>
      </name>
     </name-alternatives>
     <email>shapurova_e@inbox.ru</email>
     <bio xml:lang="ru">
      <p>кандидат экономических наук;</p>
     </bio>
     <bio xml:lang="en">
      <p>candidate of economic sciences;</p>
     </bio>
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     <institution xml:lang="ru">ФГБОУ ВО &quot;Мелитопольский государственный университет&quot;</institution>
     <city>г. Мелитополь</city>
     <country>Россия</country>
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    <aff>
     <institution xml:lang="en">Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education &quot;Melitopol State University&quot;</institution>
     <city>Melitopol</city>
     <country>Russian Federation</country>
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    <aff>
     <institution xml:lang="ru">Независимый исследователь</institution>
     <city>г. Мелитополь</city>
     <country>Россия</country>
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    <aff>
     <institution xml:lang="en">Independent Researcher</institution>
     <city>Melitopol</city>
     <country>Russian Federation</country>
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   <pub-date publication-format="print" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-03-26T22:46:09+03:00">
    <day>26</day>
    <month>03</month>
    <year>2026</year>
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   <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-03-26T22:46:09+03:00">
    <day>26</day>
    <month>03</month>
    <year>2026</year>
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   <volume>14</volume>
   <issue>2</issue>
   <fpage>135</fpage>
   <lpage>148</lpage>
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    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-03-03T00:00:00+03:00">
     <day>03</day>
     <month>03</month>
     <year>2026</year>
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    <p>В условиях высокой волатильности рынков и цифровой трансформации бизнес-процессов особую актуальность приобретает проблема временного лага между реализацией стратегических инициатив и получением доказательной оценки их эффективности. Статья посвящена разработке и теоретическому обоснованию концептуальной схемы применения суррогатного индекса как системного научно-практического подхода для принятия оперативных корпоративных решений. Авторами выявлено фундаментальное противоречие между долгосрочным характером современных стратегий и ретроспективной природой классических систем KPI, что зачастую приводит к возникновению «суррогатного парадокса».&#13;
В основе предлагаемого подхода лежит методология каузального вывода и использования направленных ациклических графов для визуализации каналов передачи управленческого эффекта. Основным результатом исследования является формализация двухуровневой архитектуры управления «Суррогат – Стратегия», разделенной на два взаимосвязанных контура. Контур обучения базируется на анализе исторических данных для построения суррогатной функции h(S), тогда как контур оперативного воздействия позволяет предиктивно оценивать эффект в текущих экспериментах без ожидания наступления долгосрочных результатов.&#13;
Для повышения точности прогнозирования предложено использование метода латентных представлений на базе вариационных автокодировщиков, что позволяет учитывать скрытые детерминанты успеха и нивелировать влияние «шумных» данных. Доказано, что применение разработанного подхода способствует сокращению цикла управленческой обратной связи при сохранении точности до 95%. В работе представлен классификатор прикладных задач и выделены ключевые домены корпоративного управления (HR, маркетинг, финансы, ESG), в которых внедрение суррогатного индекса обеспечивает переход к доказательному математическому моделированию стратегии.</p>
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    <p>In the context of increasing market volatility and the digital transformation of business processes, the problem of the time lag between the implementation of strategic initiatives and the acquisition of an evidence-based assessment of their effectiveness has become particularly relevant. This article is devoted to the development and theoretical substantiation of a conceptual scheme for applying the surrogate index as a systematic scientific and practical approach for making operational corporate decisions. The authors identify a fundamental contradiction between the long-term nature of modern strategies and the retrospective nature of classical KPI systems, which often leads to the emergence of the &quot;surrogate paradox&quot;.&#13;
The proposed approach is based on the methodology of causal inference and the use of directed acyclic graphs to visualize the channels of managerial effect transmission. The primary result of the study is the formalization of a two-level management architecture, &quot;Surrogate – Strategy,&quot; divided into two interconnected loops. The Learning Loop is based on the analysis of historical data to construct a surrogate function $h(S)$, while the Execution Loop allows for the predictive evaluation of effects in current experiments without waiting for long-term outcomes.&#13;
To improve forecasting accuracy, the use of the Latent Surrogate Representation method based on variational autoencoders is proposed, which allows for accounting for hidden determinants of success and neutralizing the influence of &quot;noisy&quot; data. It is proven that the application of the developed approach contributes in the management feedback cycle while maintaining an accuracy of up to 95%. The paper presents a classifier of applied tasks and highlights key domains of corporate management (HR, marketing, finance, ESG) where the implementation of the surrogate index ensures a transition to evidence-based mathematical strategy modeling.</p>
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    <kwd>суррогатный индекс</kwd>
    <kwd>стратегический контроль</kwd>
    <kwd>каузальный вывод</kwd>
    <kwd>принятие управленческих решений</kwd>
    <kwd>суррогатный парадокс</kwd>
    <kwd>корпоративное управление</kwd>
    <kwd>предиктивная аналитика</kwd>
    <kwd>машинное обучение</kwd>
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    <kwd>surrogate index</kwd>
    <kwd>strategic control</kwd>
    <kwd>causal inference</kwd>
    <kwd>managerial decision-making</kwd>
    <kwd>surrogate paradox</kwd>
    <kwd>corporate management</kwd>
    <kwd>predictive analytics</kwd>
    <kwd>machine learning</kwd>
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