INTRODUCING INNOVATION: HOW TO TURN ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS INTO ADMINISTRATIVE SPRINGBOARDS?

Abstract

The article examines the improvements of the modern system of technology transfer for innovations in Russia over the past two decades with the use of French experience in this area. The authors identify the place of skilled intermediary institutions, which play a principal role in “forcing cooperation” between universities, research structures, and the business community to implement innovations at the national and regional levels. The article analyzes the reform of development institutions in Russia whose activities have been found unsatisfactory, as well as new forms of promotion of world-class research and educational centers (RECs) in the regions of Russia, youth laboratories, and other elements of infrastructure to mediate the transfer of knowledge and technology and to promote innovations in Russia.