Development of the Economic Analysis Theory and its Features

The future of the economic analysis theory is largely determined by the developments of previous generations of researchers whose history dates back to the ancient centuries and is represented in the teachings of the thinkers from the Ancient East (Confucius), Ancient Greece (Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle), Ancient Rome (Varro, Seneca). The study of economic analysis in Russia as a special branch of scientific knowledge began only in the middle of the 19th century. Practitioners have developed theoretical bases for two historical stages, and also introduced methods and methodics of economic analysis. The third historical stage is characterized by rapid development of science based on the generalization of foreign and domestic experience. Under current conditions, economic analysis acts as a mechanism for studying economic phenomena that are in dynamics and interrelations between the conditions and factors of the business environment. The development of the economic analysis methodology was determined by a change in the paradigms of the organization of the economy and, as a consequence, institutions of management. Innovations in the field of management, production, financial and investment activities were a prerequisite and reason why reliable and complete information on the activities of economic entities was required to make management decisions and identify improvement reserves. As a result of the emergence of a new approach to the organization of economic analysis, certain methods for their implementation were proposed.