On the State of Innovative Activities of Small Enterprises in Russia

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyze some aspects of the state of innovation in Russia, including the state of small innovative business, venture capital financing startups, the dynamics of the creation of business entities by universities and research institutes. The facts of an extremely small number of small innovative enterprises created by universities and research institutes were recorded, as well as a low level of innovative activity of small enterprises over the entire period of statistical observations, a long-term dynamics of a decrease in the share of innovative goods, works and services in 2019 by almost two times (1.7 times) compared to 2013. The presented data indicate the low effectiveness of the idea of direct copying of the American model of technology commercialization, according to which the main player here should be higher educational institutions, as it has historically developed in the United States. It was concluded that in order to create an effective model of an innovation system consisting of proactive owners of research and development results, venture funds financing startups, universities that undertake the organization of research and development for the subsequent release of results to the market, large firms financing a significant percentage of turnover in R&D, in Russia there were no conditions and, unfortunately, until now there are none. The system needs to be corrected taking into account the real state of the Russian economy.The article analyzes several current competitions for the development of innovative activities held by large companies and administrations of Russian regions and makes proposals for correcting the organization of competitions.