Formation and use of intellectual capital as a factor of the innovative development of Russian the transport complex enterprises

Abstract

Intellectual capital is a key development factor and a competitive advantage of the national innovation economy. Global experience shows that the effectiveness of any process depends on how developed, demanded and implemented intellectual capital, taking into account its expanded reproduction, since the strategic importance of the latter is to ensure the competitiveness of both the individual in particular, and the company and society as a whole. Conceptual approaches to the formation and use of intellectual capital should contribute to the constant generation of intellectual assets in all business processes of Russian enterprises of the transport complex: production, marketing, finance, human resource management in order to fully and effectively use the advantages of their core competencies and transform them into increasing competitiveness in modern conditions. The paper defines an approach to the concept of “intellectual capital” as a structured set of intangible factors of production that form the core of modern economic relations, allow creating new surplus value, as well as use them as a long-term sustainable competitive advantage. The priority directions of the formation of intellectual capital in global practice and problems of its use in Russian companies are analyzed. Based on the structural approach, which includes the assessment of each individual component and the calculation of the integral indicator of the total level of intellectual capital, a methodology for assessing the intellectual capital of a research and production company in St. Petersburg, whose activities is aimed at the development and implementation of additive technologies in the production processes of industrial enterprises of the transport industry, are presented.