Creation of Innovations-Oriented Clusters in the Sphere of Agro-industrial Complex as a Perspective Direction of Foreign Economic Cooperation of Russia and Europe

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to verify the offered hypothesis and to determine possibilities and perspectives of strengthening and development of foreign economic cooperation of Russia and Europe through creation of innovations-oriented clusters in the sphere of agro-industrial complex. For that, the authors determine the role and meaning of innovations in supporting the competitiveness of the sphere of agro-industrial complex and development of Russian and European economies and substantiate expedience of the use of cluster approach to foreign economic cooperation of Russia and Europe in the sphere of agro-industrial complex. The authors use methods of regression and correlation analysis and apply the method of logical analysis, evaluation of statistical information, analysis of causal connections, and general scientific methods of the research: synthesis, induction, deduction, and formalization. As a result of the research, the authors come to the conclusion that creation of innovations-oriented clusters in the sphere of agro-industrial complex is a perspective direction of foreign economic cooperation of Russia and Europe. The authors develop recommendations and offer perspective mechanisms for creation of innovations-oriented clusters in the sphere of agro-industrial complex in Russia and Europe, given the structural and logical scheme of strengthening and development of foreign economic cooperation of Russia and Europe through the creation of innovations-oriented clusters in of agro-industrial complex.