Social Networks as a Factor for Developing Regional Innovative Systems in Russia
Konstantin Grasmik
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Moscow Region
Keywords: innovation, innovative system, innovative network, social relations, innovative territories
Subsection: Regional and Interregional Aspects of Structural and Investment Policy
Abstract
The paper shows that the main component and the basis of an innovative system is an innovative network, i.e. a set of social relations between participants of the innovation process. We analyzed data on the current innovation activities, interaction between participants of the innovation process, support measures for innovation projects in Tomsk Oblast and Krasnodar Krai. We discover that in Tomsk Oblast, which is generally more active in terms of innovation, support measures for innovation are more diverse and ambitious. The region now holds a range of venture-capital investors. In Krasnodar Krai the support system is more center-oriented, and, as a result, it participates much less in formation of innovative network.
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