Transformation of Russian Potential in the Field of Innovations: Lessons from China
https://doi.org/10.17994/IT.2017.15.4.51.11
Abstract
Lack of economic growth in Russia throughout 20142017 increased technological gap with the developed countries and created difficulties for an ambitious strategy of rapid transition to an innovative economy. That strategy is also hampered by high institutional barriers, which are a consequence of both the archaic institutions within the country and the properties of a global innovation system, which remains highly dependent on international politics. Consequently, international channels of technological transfer became increasingly ineffective and they are in need of restricting for the new challenges of national development.
The article assesses the opportunities for implementing the catchingup strategy through introduction of changes in the mechanisms of interfirm and international diffusion of innovations. An attempt is made to reveal new directions in international technology transfer. The article, therefore, produced the scholarly justification for the choice of particular transfer channels, for which it is possible to eliminate or reduce institutional barriers and to correct the directions of external relations. The transmission channels of implicit knowledge, including the mobility of scientific and engineering personnel, is argued to play the leading role in this process. The advantages of a partial reorientation of technology transfer from the West to the East are shown, in particular, by the example of the Chinese catchup strategy.
About the Authors
Victoria Kiseleva
National Research University “Higher School of Economics”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Prof. Dr Viktoriya Kiseleva - Professor, Department of Science and Innovation Management, National Research University – Higher School of Economics
Moscow, 101000
Lyubov Evstigneeva
National Research University “Higher School of Economics”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ms Liubov Evstigneeva - Doctoral Candidate, Department of Science and Innovation Management, National Research University – Higher School of Economics
Moscow, 101000
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Kiseleva V., Evstigneeva L. Transformation of Russian Potential in the Field of Innovations: Lessons from China. International Trends / Mezhdunarodnye protsessy. 2017;15(4):186-201. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17994/IT.2017.15.4.51.11
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