Abstract
Under conditions of globalization and political transformation of the world, a further economic, political, and cultural integration of Russia and Kazakhstan is expected. Most of the Russia’s population associate the further development of the country with the Eurasian economic community. This is not by accident. In 2012, a single economic space was created that included Russia and Kazakhstan. One of the effective tools of improvement of competitiveness of developing economies under conditions of globalization is transborder clusters. Thus, a special interest goes to identification of spheres, into which the potential clusters of Russia and Kazakhstan in transborder regions could form. That is why, using the methodology of the European cluster observatory, we shall present in this article the evaluation of the spheres in which the formation of the clusters takes place. This would clarify the consequences of scenario of stable growth and integration of economies of neighboring countries into the single economic space. One of the discoveries of this article shows that statistical evaluations prove that economies of Kazakhstan and Russia are not ready for global expansion of regional competitiveness on the basis of cluster development; there is a significant asymmetry in the structure of spheres from the perspective of formation of transborder clusters. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n4s2p302
Highlights
In 2015, the Internet Projects company conducted a poll, the results of which showed ɨthat most of the respondents (77%) consider Russia to be a Eurasian country that follows its own path of development
Quantity of enterprises remains the same or increases, which proves the outflow of labor resources from this sphere and reduction of sizes of enterprises
From the perspective of formation of potential clusters, the most interesting are the spheres with the highest rates of growth of employee number and good dynamics of enterprises’ quantity
Summary
In 2015, the Internet Projects company conducted a poll, the results of which showed ɨthat most of the respondents (77%) consider Russia to be a Eurasian country that follows its own path of development. Only 29% of the respondents wish for Russian to cooperate closer with countries of Europe and with the USA, and for closer integration with the “West”. It is possible to present a variety of examples of transborder clusters in the USA, Canada, and countries of Western and Eastern Europe. As is well-known, the countries of the former Soviet Union are distinct for their attraction to paternalism – they are marked by (though, based on market principles) development from “above”, not from “below”. This means that programs and plans are often perceived as orientations, necessary for implementation
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