Regional Innovation Clusters Management Efficiency

Introduction. The article describes the fundamentals of regional inno­vation clusters, trends in their growth in the world and in Russia, and emphasizes the significance of improving their management in light of clusters' growing importance in boosting the innovation potential of the nation as a whole and of particular regions. The issues regarding organizing and managing the growth of innovation clusters are given special consideration. The study revealed the benefits of focusing on the innovative ecosystem integrator strategy, which uses networking forms of cluster development regulation in the form of regional innova­tion ecosystems. The article examines the outlook for innovation clus­ters in Russian areas with a high potential for technological and sci­entific advancement. Methods. The study's tasks were resolved using both theoretical and empirical research methods. The former include the abstraction, generalization and systematization methods. The lat­ter include the methods of algorithmization, comparative analysis and modeling, which allowed for a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of innovation clusters, and helped formulate the outlook for the coor­dinated development of the economy of regions and clusters. Results and Discussion. The authors, guided by the criterion of innovation-sec­toral orientation of Russian innovation clusters, identified the different types of clusters formed in the Russian regions, examining their strat­egies and development priorities, which predetermine the decision in favor of a specific development direction. Conclusion. The potential fu­ture development paths of regional innovation clusters in Russia were taken into consideration; management strategies and priority develop­ment areas to increase the effectiveness of clusters in the regions were formulated. A promising direction for this problem's future elaboration appears to be the modeling of motivational mechanisms for the growth of regional innovation clusters and boosting their efficiency.