FEATURES AND WAYS OF DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of the functioning of the regional innovation system, which plays an important role in changing the paradigm of economic development from the natural resource to innovative technological. The object of study is the Republic of Udmurtia, which refers to industrial-oriented regions of the Russian Federation. The authors identified the features of the region affecting the development of the innovation sphere, emphasized the importance of regulatory and legal support of innovative processes, and disclosed the content of state regulation of the relationship between the subjects of innovation. In addition, the criteria for assessing the regulatory framework of the Innovation Policy of the region are presented. The results of the expert survey among leading specialists and scientists of Udmurtia on the state of innovative development of the economic and legal system of the region made it possible to draw conclusions about the general state of innovation in the region. Experts highlighted current factors, positively and negatively affecting the development of the innovation sphere in the Udmurt Republic. This made it possible to offer a list of elements of the innovation support system at the regional level. The issues that determine the features and level of development of regional systems in the field of innovation are formulated, the solution of which will have a positive effect on the overall level of innovative regional development and will make it possible to form a viable innovation management system.