Participation of Universities in Building Innovative Economy of the Regions
Participation of Universities in Building Innovative Economy of the Regions

Summary/Abstract: The article seeks to classify the innovative structure of universities, which allows identifying particular facilities of the universities’ infrastructure based on definite criteria. It is focused on the development of comprehensive measures for incorporating the results of innovative, scientific and technological activities of higher education institutions into the economic activities of the subjects of the Russian Federation. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of using the results obtained by the state authorities during the implementation of the anti-crisis plan of the Russian Government, while forming and adjusting the strategy for the development of subjects of the Russian Federation and educational organizations to improve universities’ cooperation with enterprises, develop the universities’ innovative infrastructure, attract leading scientists to the universities, provide the universities’ participation in the implementation of innovative development programs for publicly owned companies, create and develop university-based engineering centers, etc. The article contains the original outcomes of studying full functional infrastructure of the universities having a set of properties that would facilitate implementation of innovative processes on a regional and nationwide scale to ensure their effective functioning. The necessity of creating an organizational and functional model of the Russian universities’ innovative development is substantiated.

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