Innovation potential of regions of the Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District

The article presents assessment of the development of the innovation potential of regions of the Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District (PFD) - by a number of indicators in view of the territories, as well as its change in time (2010 and 2012.). The provided information is based on official statistical data from Rosstat and its territorial offices. To carry out the analysis, as a basis was taken the analytical report entitled «Rating of innovative development of constituent entities of the Russian Federation», prepared by experts from the HSE. Relying on the chosen methodology and using the available statistical data, set the scope of the considered indicators formed in three groups, characterizing economic conditions and human resources, research capacity and innovative activities of constituent entities of the district (26 indicators in total). In this article is characterized the employment in high-technology industries, as well as labour productivity (the share of high-tech and knowledge-intensive industries in total output in the region). Analysis of the scientific-and-technical potential of constituent entities of the PFD in more detail touch on a subject of intramural expenditures on research and development, as well as their share in the gross regional product, the share of personnel engaged in research and development, total employment in the economy of the region. Innovation activity is reflected, above all, in innovative activities of organizations, as well as in the share of enterprises engaged in technological innovation, in their total number. Using the full set of indicators of each of the three groups, the corresponding index is calculated, determining the position of the region in the considered set of criteria. Composite indexes of innovative development of territories of the PFD are analyzed as the final result. The calculations allowed to carry out a comparison of the results of innovative policy in the constituent entity under consideration and other regions of the Russian Federation at a whole new level, as well as to evaluate the contribution of territories to the development of innovative sphere of the PFD and solving the problem of transforming the district into one of the leaders of the Russian innovative technological development.

региональный анализ, инновационный потенциал, система показателей, экономические условия, кадровый потенциал, научный потенциал, инновационная деятельность, сводный индекс инновационного развития, regional analysis, innovative capacity, system of indicators, economic conditions, human resources, scientific potential, innovation activity, composite index of innovative development

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