Innovation-driven growth in the regions of the Russian federation and the activities of national research universities: analysis of relationship

Irina Stanislavovna Glebova,Ruslan Agarunovich Abramov,Svetlana Sergeevna Berman,Ilya Nikolaevich Lvov

doi:10.20952/revtee.v14i33.15523

Abstract

The university funding programs focused on regional economic development and “smart specialization” goals are focused on “discovering entrepreneurial potential”, which employs the instrument of a structured dialogue among four key actors in the innovation process: public authorities, business structures, research organizations, and representatives of the civil society. The authors analyze the relationship between the results of the activities of national research universities (NRUs) in Russia and the dynamics of innovation-driven growth of the regions in which they are located, based on their methods. The purpose of the study is to search for new tools for interaction between universities and actors of regional innovation-driven growth.

Highlights

The Russian education system lived through a period of massive transformations less than two decades ago
The index was calculated in several stages; the values selected for calculating the integral index of the regional development were reduced to comparable ones by switching from their absolute values using the following formula: Where Xn was the normalized value of the indicator; X was the actual value of the indicator; Xmin was the lowest value of the indicator for all regions of the Russian Federation; and Xmax was the highest value of the indicator in all regions of the Russian Federation
The coefficients of determination were calculated for each indicator describing the performance of the national research universities (NRUs); the most significant of them are presented in table 1

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Introduction

The Russian education system lived through a period of massive transformations less than two decades ago These transformations were firstly due to the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation to modernize the higher education system in accordance with the requirements of the Bologna Agreement signed in September 2003. Based on this decision, most Russian universities switched to a two-tier education system. The adoption of the Federal Law No 273 "On Education in the Russian Federation" in 2012 was the stage that determined fundamental changes in the higher education system. Educational organizations providing services in the field of higher education may be assigned categories such as "federal university" or "national research university" (NRU)

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