Regional Innovation Potential Research Articles

Russia’s inventive activity in new technological trends

The study is devoted to analyzing peculiarities of inventive activity development in Russia in the conditions of sanctions restrictions and a new technological mode formation. The place of Russia in the world patent market has been determined, inventive activity regional potential analyzed. In terms of the absolute number of patent applications Russia is among the top ten world leaders, but its share in the world patent market is insignificant. Sanctions restrictions led to the reduction of applications for inventions by foreign applicants and weakening of the domestic intellectual property market dependence on foreign intellectual capital. A significant regional differentiation of inventive activity has been noted, and five leading regions identified. It is revealed that inventive and innovation activity are connected by a positive statistically significant relationship. The regions typologization by the inventive and innovation activity level has been obtained, which will make it possible to compare the inventive and innovation potential of regions and identify those in which they coincide or, conversely, do not correspond to each other. Consideration of the relationship among the indicators can be used to make decisions in the field of intellectual property, which can contribute to the intellectual security of Russia and serve as a basis for technological independence.

Инновационный потенциал регионов арктической зоны Российской Федерации: состояние и пространственная дифференциация

The article considers the components of the innovation potential of Russian regions that are fully or partially included in the Arctic zone. The purpose of the article is to analyze and evaluate the state and dynamics of innovative development of the regions of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. The methodology for calculating the composite index of innovative development is proposed. The calculations are made on the basis of the database formed by the authors, which consists of four blocks; the main conclusions on the blocks are formed. According to the composite index for the period 20152021, the leading positions are occupied by the Krasnoyarsk Krai, the Arkhangelsk Oblast and the Komi Republic, and the Republics of Karelia, Sakha (Yakutia) and Komi in terms of the index growth rate. The study of the state, dynamics and level of innovation development in the regions of the AZRF shows that some components of innovation potential are unevenly developed in the regions that are fully or partially included in the AZRF. At the same time, the regions differ in the dynamics of innovative development. Thus, the worst indicators of innovative development in accordance with the proposed methodology are observed in the Arkhangelsk Oblast, Chukotka and Nenets Autonomous okrugs. The high correlation between the composite index of innovative development and indicators of socio-economic development of the regions revealed by the authors characterizes the positive impact of innovation activity on the socio-economic development of the AZRF subjects. In this regard, the key recommendations are the following: improvement of legislative support for the formation of eco-industrial, tourist zones, innovation sites and cluster formations in the Arctic territory within the framework of testing new formats of economic intensification of the Russian Arctic regions; formation of a macro-regional register of suppliers of innovative products for the projects of residents of the AZRF with the distribution of preferential measures of a special economic and administrative regime. The prospects of the research are related to the study of critical vulnerabilities in the production and technological processes of the sectors of specialization of the Arctic regions in import substitution.

Research on Innovative Activities for Regional Development: Analysis of the Origin of the Kursk Region

Relevance. The article is devoted to the study of the impact of innovation activity on the socio-economic development of the regions of Russia and the Kursk region, in particular. The innovative potential of the region is analyzed, the results of innovative activity in previous periods are evaluated and the ways of possible development are considered.The purpose is to determine the impact of innovation activity on the socio–economic development of the Kursk region, highlighting significant challenges, prospects and risks.Objectives: to evaluate the results of innovation activity retrospectively and predict opportunities for future development; to consider the impact of innovation activity on employment and incomes of the population; to identify challenges and problems of innovation development in the Kursk region, identify risks; to propose ways of further innovative development of the Kursk region with an assessment of the role of state support.Methodology. Methods of analysis of statistical data on the development of innovation activity in the Kursk region and other regions of Russia, obtained from open sources devoted to the problems of the development of innovation activity in the regions; monitoring and evaluation methods, including the analysis of data on employment and income of the population.Results. The challenges and problems arising in the process of development of innovation activity in the region are highlighted, the prospects for the development of innovation activity in the Kursk region are analyzed. Comparative information of methods of research of the level of innovation activity is presented. A comparative analysis of the innovative potential of the Kursk region with other regions of Russia was carried out. The data on the regulatory framework of innovation activity in the Kursk region are presented.Conclusions. In recent years, there has been an increase in innovation activity in the Kursk region. However, it is necessary to continue work on creating an innovative infrastructure, attracting qualified personnel, and improving the quality of state support. Innovative activity has a significant impact on employment and incomes of the population, as well as on the social sphere of the region. It is necessary to take into account the risks of innovation, such as potential negative impacts on the environment and public health.

Application of innovative potential and cluster organization in the development strategy of oil and gas regions

The article presents the study of the structure and dynamics of innovative activity of the organizations in the oil and gas regions of the Volga Federal District that trigger their industrial development. The defining role in the gross value added structure of the oil and gas region belongs to such types of economic activity as mining and manufacturing industries. Primarily they include petrochemical complex and the interacting production structures that predominate in the economics of the oil and gas region reducing the importance of such sectors of the economy as construction, agriculture, trade, transport, etc. The author has analyzed the structure and dynamics of capital and operating costs of scientific fundamental and applied research on innovative production technologies in oil and gas regions of the Volga Federal District. The article involves the study of the innovation potential of oil and gas regions based on the analysis of the proportion and innovative activity of the organizations implementing technological innovations, costs of innovation activity, and the structure of budget expenditures for innovation activities of oil and gas regions depending on the total innovation costs. The author presents the variants of cluster organization of innovative horizontal industrial policy of oil and gas regions.

Ways to Increase the Ability to Develop the Production Forces of the Regions

Annotation: The article deals with the problems and tasks that should be solved in order to develop the regional economy and the growing role of regional competitiveness and innovative potential of the region in the context of globalization.

Interrelation of levels of development of innovation potential and transport ecosystem of regions

The article analyzes the impact of innovative approaches to the formation of transport infrastructure on the level of development of innovation potential of regions, specifies the stages of formation of innovation regional systems, systematizes the approach to ranking of Russian regional innovation indices (RRII) by thematic sub-indices for the pre-pandemic period 2019 - 2020. The author notes that there is no consensus among domestic scientists about the directions of significance of a functioning and developing transport system on the region’s economy and ecosystem. On the one hand, innovations in the transport sphere influence the dynamics of income growth of the regional economy due to the reduction of costs of the transport and logistics system, increase in the speed and volume of passenger and freight traffic, growth of investment attractiveness of the region, diffusion of innovations and growth of labor productivity. However, the accompanying growth of agglomerations leads to increased density of traffic flows, environmental problems and aggravation of transport safety issues. In this connection the problems of introduction of innovations in transport, solved within the programs of increasing the level of safety of transport ecosystem of regions, formation of a qualitatively new level of development of regional innovation potential, have a high degree of influence on the regional socio-economic systems. Thus, innovation, including in the transport sector, can be considered an indispensable condition for the development of regional ecosystem.

НЕЧЕТКО-МНОЖЕСТВЕННЫЙ ПОДХОД К ОЦЕНКЕ УРОВНЯ ИННОВАЦИОННОГО ПОТЕНЦИАЛА РЕГИОНА

Innovations have become a significant factor in the contemporary global context, and the precise evaluation of the innovation potential at the regional level holds strategic importance for ensuring sustainable economic growth. This research is dedicated to the analysis and assessment of the innovation potential of regional systems. The objective of the study is to develop and establish a mathematical framework capable of accommodating various measurement units characterizing indicators of innovation potential. Additionally, it allows for the utilization of the acquired data for further comparative analysis of regional innovation potential. To achieve this goal, the authors employ a methodology grounded in the principles of fuzzy logic, which enables the consideration of uncertainty and complexity inherent in regional systems. The authors introduce a constructed fuzzy set-based model that encompasses the following indicators of innovation potential: human resources, resources, entrepreneurship, social, and infrastructural. Individual indicators of each category reflect specific aspects within the innovation context. This integrative approach comprehensively characterizes all indicators of a region’s innovation potential. In the process of constructing the fuzzy set-based model, the specific weight and admissibility level of each individual indicator were determined. The model was successfully tested using data from eight regions across different Federal Districts for the year 2020. The results of the computations yielded a quantitative expression of the innovation potential for each of the studied regions, which was subsequently linguistically interpreted. This research is relevant for the quantitative assessment of a region’s innovation potential and its subsequent comparative analysis, which contributes to the formulation of effective strategies aimed at the development, implementation, and utilization of innovations in regional economies.

Conceptual foundations of a systematic approach in the formation of the regional innovative potential

The article examines the conceptual foundations of a systematic approach in the formation of the innovative potential of the region. As a result of the systematic approach, a canonical model of the innovation system has been formed, which is based on the stages of the innovation process. For the development of the regional innovative potential, a model of innovation system management is presented. The reasons that hinder the formation of the regional innovation system were identified, they were ranked using the Delphi method. The factors hindering the development of the innovative potential of the region are identified. Recommendations are given as directions for further development of the innovative potential of the region.

Инновационный потенциал арктических регионов России

The paper provides a comparative analysis of foreign and Russian methodologies for assessing innovation potential. It is shown that foreign methodologies cannot be used to determine the innovation potential of the Arctic regions of Russia due to specific indicators that are not calculated by Russian statistics. It is determined that the use of Russian methodologies for an objective assessment of the Arctic regions in terms of innovation potential is difficult. In this regard, the authors developed a comprehensive methodology for assessing innovation potential, the principal novelty of which consists, firstly, in the use of specific indicators (in other methods, the authors use not specific, but absolute statistical indicators); secondly, only indicators that characterize innovation development are used; thirdly, expert research methods are excluded. According to the results of the analysis of statistical data, it is determined that the Arctic regions have low rates of innovation development and lag behind the average Russian values. Based on the proposed methodology, the innovation potential was calculated and the Russian regions were ranked for ten years, including 2011, 2013, 2017 and 2020, in order to compare the dynamics of the Arctic regions. It is shown that the Arctic regions are characterized by rather low values of innovation potential and are mostly below 50th place in the ranking of Russian regions.

Discovering the regional innovation potential for Smart Specialization: the case of the two Baltic Sea Regions

ABSTRACT The EU Commission launched an innovation strategy called Smart Specialization in 2012. Smart Specialization is a framework for developing policies unleashing place-based economic potential. Evaluations, however, have shown that appropriate innovation policy decisions are difficult. There is an innovation policy potential that must first be unleashed. This article shows how the application of a method – connectivity analysis – developed through a Baltic Sea Region project ‘LARS – Learning Among Regions on Smart Specialization,’ can be used to support Smart Specialization. The method includes transnational comparisons and targeted policy recommendations for public sector institutions operating within various institutional frameworks and different clusters. It consists of instruments (gaps and factors) measuring collaboration through interviews of 141 quadruple-helix stakeholders across eight Baltic Sea regions.

Management of the Development of the Innovative Potential of the Region

The purpose of the study is to develop tools for managing the innovation potential of the region based on the use of the mapping process. The methodological basis of the study were the following methods: abstract and generalized; general-logical and historical; logical method. According to the results of the research, a scheme of forming a roadmap for the development of innovation potential of the region was developed, which includes a SWOT-analysis of the development of innovation potential of the region, as well as an algorithm for assessing regional innovation potential.

ІННОВАЦІЙНИЙ ПОТЕНЦІАЛ РОЗВИТКУ РЕГІОНУ

In modern socio-economic realities of the functioning of regions, the main vector of their development is innovation. As a result, among the key principles of the state policy of regional development is the provision of sustainable economic and scientific and technological growth of enterprises in the region, which will increase the level of competitiveness. Problems of innovative development are becoming more common in science and practice, as innovation is a source of economic growth and a way to gain competitive advantage. All this necessitates the study of innovation potential as a basis for innovation not only at the national but also at the regional level. growth is taking place. The article is devoted to solving the problem of assessing the state and development of innovation in the Kharkiv region. The author substantiated the algorithm of research of innovative development, identified the main priorities and areas of evaluation. systematized indicators for assessing the innovation potential of the region and the effectiveness of innovation. The analysis of the basic statistical indicators reflecting innovative development of the Kharkiv area is carried out. A mechanism for the functioning of innovative development at the regional level has been developed. Problems of development of regional innovation potential of Kharkiv region are considered. The following key factors hindering the development of the region's innovation potential have been identified: lack of investment resources, insufficient level of innovation activity, underdeveloped innovation infrastructure. It is established that in order to ensure sustainable development of innovation potential of regions it is necessary to take measures to intensify (stimulate) innovation potential, namely the creation of economic mechanisms to support and stimulate innovation, create innovation infrastructure in higher education, stimulate innovative developments in market demand. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study were the works of domestic and foreign scientists, statistics and general scientific research methods: abstract logic, content analysis, synthesis, statistical and comparative analysis.

Innovative potential of regions in contexts of uncertainty and increasing risks

Innovative potential of regions in contexts of uncertainty and increasing risks

МАКРОРЕГІОНАЛЬНЕ СПІВРОБІТНИЦТВО ТА ІННОВАЦІЙНИЙ РОЗВИТОК ЄС

One of the critical problems of the global economic space is the issue of ensuring innovative sustainable development both for individual countries and for international integration associations. The article aims to identify drivers of innovative development of Member States based on the research of modern macro-regional strategies of the European Union. The research methodology involved extensive tools for analysis and synthesis, comparison, generalisation and foresight forecasting. The results revealed the positive effect of macro-regional strategies. There is a higher level of integration of macro-regions compared to the EU average. The practical significance of research results. It is concluded that the implementation of macroregional strategies of the spatial development of EU Member States achieves positive effects in the form of equalisation of innovation potential of regions and their levels of development. It increases their competitiveness through regional cooperation, business support, business and science development. Foresight analysis replaces the "short-sightedness" of planning, conditioned by time (rather than achieving strategic goals), existing resources and the need to achieve financial results. This allows identifying essential innovation priorities for regional development (including the "smart" specialisation). Moreover, foresight methods as prognostic components of EU innovation policy are gradually displacing traditional ideologically oriented neoconservative and neoliberal theories of individual EU Member States. Systemic and institutional approaches replace them with pragmatic content. Today's most effective macro-regional strategy is the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR), which brings together 8 EU Member States at different stages of economic development. Still, it has excellent potential to build knowledge that supports innovations.

Preparation of Innovative Development Rating of Russian Regions by the Level of University Involvement

The paper presents method of clustering and grouping the university performance indicators to prepare an integral rating of Russian regions by the level of university involvement in innovative development of Russian regions. The following problems that require the management influence of state structures are considered: the role of the research base of regional universities in strengthening the innovative potential of regions, the degree of involvement of universities in the innovative regional space.The aim of the study is to develop a rating system for Russian regions according to the degree of university involvement in innovative development using mathematical tools and an intelligent data processing system. The main hypothesis of the article is the existence of a link between regional innovative development and the effectiveness of university contributions. The mathematical approach involves the consideration and multidimensional ranking of the main groups of university performance indicators in order to obtain cluster classifications within each of the problems posed. The solution to the problems is to build a barometer of innovation activity in the form of a multi-purpose problem-oriented rating.Materials and methods. An approach is applied that includes the assessment and multidimensional ranking of the contribution of universities using groups of integral indices created on the basis of aggregation of several important indicators of the university’s activity. Computational experiments were conducted according to the data of the Ministry of Education and Science for the regions of Russia and regional universities. 16 indicators of Russian regions for 2016 are considered.Results and discussion. The ranking and comparison of universities according to the degree of involvement in the innovative development of the region was performed using an indicator model and aggregation depending on the target problem. Quantitative indicators of the quality of university’s activities by regions are obtained, which allow us to obtain an integral rating of Russian regions by the level of university involvement. Unlike other approaches, the author’s method includes three components, which are independent integral indexes and indicate the level of involvement of universities in regional innovative development. Statistical data on the leading indicators of Russian universities for 2016 were processed. The methodology Science-model with three factors - the model with regrouping, named by the author A-B-C, showed the high potential of Russian universities to balance their regional demand as management research centers.Conclusion. The results of the study are compared with the ratings of the well-known agencies. The author hopes that soon Russia will have a reliable scientometric system at the level of rating universities on their involvement in the innovative development of Russia, such a rating will be an indisputable argument in favor of financing regional universities. The author laid down a high requirement: compliance with the three models, only in this case, regional universities can receive funding from the municipality, after redistribution from the center. At the same time, it is necessary to carefully choose universities in which projects will receive development and perspective. Regional authorities must meet the requirements to receive the necessary investments in promising projects. The scientific potential and demand for theoretical research for their full application at all enterprises, the combination of theoretical science and practical implementation will reduce the cost of stabilizing outdated technologies in all areas of knowledge and use the experience of older generations and the strength of young people for high-tech production growth in Russia. Therefore, the results of the study will be useful to federal authorities and financial and credit organizations that provide financing.

Формирование эффективного механизма управления инновационным развитием региона

The paper focuses on the problem of effective innovative regional development for strengthening the country's competitive position in the world market, ensuring the economic growth and improving the living standard of the population, which is a key task of the socio-economic policy of the Russian Federation. Creating modern mechanisms for managing innovative regional development should contribute to the activation of innovative activities in the region, increase its investment attractiveness and, as a result, improve its position in the National Rating of Investment Attractiveness of the subjects of the Russian Federation. Based on the analysis of the Global Innovation Index, conclusions are drawn about the success of the implementation of the Strategy of Innovative Development of the Russian Federation until 2020, and factors that have a positive and negative impact on the effectiveness of the innovation system of the Russian Federation are identified. The conducted SWOT analysis of the innovative potential of the Astrakhan region has shown that, despite the real potential, the innovative development of the region is at a low level. The concept of mechanism of innovative development is clarified and the concept of region is specified. The mechanism of innovative development of the region is proposed, consisting of seven elements: object, center, subjects, goals, algorithms of the mechanism of innovative development of the region, including management processes, methods and tools of management, conditions and factors that can contribute to or hinder the effective functioning of the mechanism, a system for evaluating the effectiveness of its work. The purpose of the mechanism is substantiated: to provide a synergistic effect in the development of the innovative potential of the region by ensuring effective interaction of all its participants. It has been stated that the proposed mechanism of innovative development can be used in any subject of the Russian Federation, taking into account the specific features of the region.

Formation of regional employment policy in Ukraine

The article analyzes the situation with regional employment in Ukraine. As a result of the assessment of the labor market and transformational changes in the structure of employment, problematic aspects of regional employment policy were identified. The purpose of the study is to determine the features of the formation of regional employment policy in Ukraine. 
 Based on the analyzed domestic and foreign experience identified the main approaches to the formation of employment policy in Ukraine. In order to identify priority areas of regional policy, a system of indicators is proposed, which should be used in the process of monitoring the labor market and assessing the peculiarities of regional employment. ). In order to strengthen the stimulation of regional development, the expediency of using such an innovative tool as gender-oriented budgeting is substantiated. 
 and innovation with business needs. In order to ensure the reproductive process of innovation potential of regions and the optimal combination of state, regional and local initiatives with the interests of the private sector, it is proposed to create special forms at the regional and community levels to promote domestic employment policy - regional development agencies. The main trends in the development of national employment policy in European countries - in the context of the transition from the paradigm of the old regionalism to the paradigm of the new regionalism. 
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Assessment of the Innovative Potential of “Resource-Type” Regions

The problem of assessing the innovative potential of the regions is the focus of domestic and foreign scientific research. This topic becomes especially relevant for the so-called resource-type regions, where the dependence of the economy on the industrial sector has traditionally been very high. Since there is no category "resource sector of the economy" in the Russian statistical register, data on the structure of gross value added of the region were used for its allocation. And according to the structure of value added 18 regions were included to the group of resource-type regions. A system of the indicators for the assessment of the innovation potential of the recourse-type regions is suggested in the paper. The integrated indicator over 2017 year has been calculated using the geometric mean and compared with the indicator over 2013 year. The results of the analysis let the authors divide the regions into three groups according to the value of integral indicator of assessing innovative potential and detect the most significant differences and gaps in each group.

ФОРМУВАННЯ ІННОВАЦІЙНОЇ ПРИРОДООХОРОННОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ

The ecological state of Kyiv and Kyiv region is considered in the article. This helped to strengthen the innovation direction in improving the environmental situation. At the present stage of development it becomes necessary to expand environmental priorities in the areas of innovation policy: investing in innovation in environmental rehabilitation and the revival of natural potential; development of innovative ecological entrepreneurship, creation of eco-socio-technological parks; continuous improvement of environmental management systems; formation of ecological and innovative potential of regions and corresponding innovation infrastructures. The article identifies the main objects that have a significant negative impact on citizens living in Kyiv and Kyiv region. It is determined that road transport harms humanity by 85% more than other objects of study. The ratings of Ukraine on the index of environmental efficiency and the main indicators of the impact of air pollution on the health of citizens of Ukraine and the city of Kyiv have been studied. As shown, Kyiv ranked fourth in Europe in the number of deaths due to poor ecology. On the basis of the researched material innovative measures for improvement of nature protection activity of the country were offered. Studies of the impact of air emissions became the basis for proposals to change the technical and economic re-equipment of motor transport enterprises. An innovative proposal to reduce material costs in trucking companies, namely fuel costs, through the introduction of combined fuel consumption systems (methane / diesel), which will reduce fuel costs by up to 40-45%, as compressed methane (CNG) by almost 60 % cheaper than diesel and reduction of negative emissions into the environment. The application of the proposed environmental actions is proved. The above proposal is the most up-to-date, as the analysis of the market of enterprises in the field of "Transportation of goods by road" showed that this innovative environmental action has great potential for development, both economically and environmentally.

Assessment of regional climate innovation potential in Hungary

Climate change can have extremely diverse impacts on different spatial levels depending on regional characteristics. To tackle climate change in a sustainable way on a regional level should be a ke...