The study is aimed at determining the oscillators of crisis manifestations when the Russian economy tries to make transition to the path for accelerating technological development and forming an innovative economy. Short-term cycles were determined in the development of the Russian economy from...

The study is aimed at determining the oscillators of crisis manifestations when the Russian economy tries to make transition to the path for accelerating technological development and forming an innovative economy. Short-term cycles were determined in the development of the Russian economy from...

The paper provides an overview of the most common Foresight tools and demonstrates examples of their implementation in developed countries. It also presents the Russian experience of Foresight studies conducted at the national level. Note: Downloadable document is in Russian.

Science and technology policy in developed countries over the past three decades has undergone significant changes. Back in 1970-80s its role was mainly to finance basic research and on that basis, the generation of new knowledge, as well as to support scientific institutions and research...

In recent years, Russian federal authorities have started moving from drafting of strategies, concepts and guidelines related to cluster development, to formation and implementation of cluster programs. The major initiative on this way was the selection of the pilot innovative clusters announced...

Cluster policy is recognized as one of the pivotal elements of state-of-art innovation policy. State support for clusters helps to take into account regional peculiarities and engage the most innovative local actors into the process of innovation policy drafting and implementation. Cluster...