Russian enterprises in mid-2011: Adaptation to the postcrisis environment

The paper analyzes and comments on the results of à regular survey of enterprises in the real sector carried out at the Laboratory of Analysis and Forecasting of Microeconomic Processes, Institute of National Economic Forecasting (INEF), Russian Academy of Sciences.     

Technological and economic problems of the long-term development of the Russian economy

A set of technological and economic problems of the long-term development of the Russian economy (2025–2030) is considered. Special attention is focused on the challenges related to technological development.     

A cluster-based strategy for Russia’s innovative development

This paper summarizes Russia’s experience in the use of the cluster approach to solving modernization and innovative development problems in the country’s economy. Our main attention is focused on analyzing the formed approaches, programs, and regulatory legal acts adopted on clustering at the federal and regional levels. We have also analyzed the positive experience accumulated by individual constituents of the Russian Federation. The paper shows the key role of infrastructural systems of intellectual and financial capital in supporting a cluster’s innovative orientation.