Abstract
The article examines the possibilities of the smart specialization strategy for the regions of the Russian Federation as a tool for the complementary development of territories based on knowledge and innovation. The analysis of the application of the smart specialization strategy is carried out on the basis of the author’s indicators that have the following functional and target value: the goal setting of the subjects of the Russian Federation, the methodological tools for managing the development of the subject of the Russian Federation, the potential for the implementation of the smart specialization strategy. As an object of research, the documents of strategic planning of the subjects of the Russian Federation until 2020-2030 are considered. It is concluded that the current nature of the socio-economic and innovation policy reflected in the documents of the strategic planning of the regions of the Russian Federation does not fully correspond to the principles of the smart specialization strategy, but there is a certain methodological continuity of approaches, which gives grounds to draw conclusions about the possibility of using this methodology.
Highlights
The study of the processes of regional economic development includes the issues of its internal connectivity, the intensity of interaction between actors, and the possibility of their coherent development
The Russian Federation took steps to develop the innovative potential of the regions, but the existing institutional framework, the principles of inter-budgetary relations, as well as the structural long-term problems of the Russian economy did not allow the formation of a "foundation" similar to the EU countries
There are methodological grounds for this: the Russian regions are significantly differentiated by the level of socioeconomic development, there is an uneven distribution of production forces, the regions have the ability to independently develop regulatory documents regulating innovation
Summary
The study of the processes of regional economic development includes the issues of its internal connectivity, the intensity of interaction between actors, and the possibility of their coherent development. Such an approach abroad is called smart specialization (RIS 3) [5], in which the implementation of the macro-regional approach is provided by the allocation of local resource advantages, technology exchange, concentration on specific breakthrough innovations based on the existing scientific reserve in the territory, as well as the opportunities for economic development of territories through knowledge and innovation. This allowed us to conclude that the application of the principles of smart specialization as a tool for the complementary development of the regions of the Russian Federation is potentially possible, but taking into account the institutional and spatial "baggage" of the Russian reality
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