Analysis of the Knowledge Intensity of the Invested Capital of the Baikal Region

Abstract

During the rapid flow of events of the XX century, there were structural changes in the world economy, which provided all the observed scientific and technological progress. High-tech industries have become the main factor in the development of world scientific and technological progress. In the second half of the XX century, a special category of technologies, industries and products was formed, which were called «science-intensive» or «high-tech». Before the next global financial crisis, it is most important to study the impact of the level of knowledge intensity of invested capital on economic efficiency. The article deals with the analysis of the knowledge intensity of invested capital. Knowledge intensity is an important parameter for determining the efficiency of the economy. The author introduced into scientific circulation indicators: knowledge intensity of invested capital, science intensity of gross regional product and investment return of gross regional product. The article reveals the influence of factors influencing the change in the knowledge intensity of the invested capital of the Irkutsk region of the Russian Federation and gives the author’s methodological approaches to its calculation (the author’s methods of factor analysis). The article presents the author’s analytical, systematic statistical material for the analysis of key indicators revealing the impact on the change in the knowledge intensity of the invested capital of the Baikal region of the Russian Federation (Irkutsk region, Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalsky Krai). The paper is produced in the framework of the scientific project of the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. XI.174.1.4 «Activation of the internal development potential of regions of the resource specialization (on the example of the Baikal region)».