Assessing the factors of regional innovation environment on the basis of institutional approach

Abstract

The article deals with a new method of assessing the factors of the regional innovation environment. The method is based on the assessment of three fundamental factors: legal, infrastructure, economic. The theoretical significance of the study is due to the contribution to the development of methods for assessing the factors of development of the innovative environment of the regions on the basis of the index method, taking into account the expert opinions of innovators. The purpose of the study is to develop a mechanism for regulating the development of regional innovation environment on the basis of the author’s method-Index APPROX. The research methodology consists of economic and statistical methods, methods of expert assessments, correlation and regression analysis and index method. The result of the research is formed organizational and economic mechanism of regulation of regional innovation environment development on the basis of the method-Index PRIM, taking into account the assessment of innovators, in order to increase the level of regional innovation potential as a factor of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation. On the basis of this mechanism, the author’s algorithm of managerial decision-making in order to improve the management of innovative potential of Russian regions is proposed.