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Authors : 1. Naylya Kh. Sadekova,
Post-graduate student
Nizhniy Novgorod Institute for Management – branch of Russian Academy of Economy and State Service of the Russian President, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
The place of a cluster in the structure of regional economy: comparative characteristics of Nizhniy Novgorod region and Tatarstan Republic
Objective: to determine the place and role of the cluster in the structure of the regional economy on the example of two leading regions of the Volga Federal district of the Russian Federation: the Nizhny Novgorod region and the Republic of Tatarstan.
Methods: the dialectic cognition and systemic thinking, methods of analysis and synthesis of statistical information, classification, deduction, synergistic approach.
Results: basing on the analysis of contemporary theoretical approaches to the creation of various territorial forms of production organization and the analyzed statistical information, the necessity to develop the cluster mechanism in the Russian Federation subjects is shown. The leading role of the regions as a factor of sustainable economic growth is justified. Comparative characteristics is given to the levels of production competitiveness, including for organizations functioning within clusters the Nizhny Novgorod region and the Republic of Tatarstan. Basing on the synthesized data from two Volga Federal district subjects, a SWOT analysis of the clusters competitiveness in the studied regions is carried out.
Scientific novelty: the article formulates a new concept of a region in the framework of systemic approach and elaborates the concept of a cluster in accordance with market trends. The analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of cluster development on the territory of Nizhny Novgorod region and the Republic of Tatarstan is carried out, the opportunities and threats to the functioning of the regional cluster structures under the Russia's joining the WTO are identified.
Practical value: the summarized the oretical provisions and conclusions can be taken into account in the process of justification of the priority directions of cluster policy development in two Volga Federal district subjects to improve the overall level of competitiveness of the regional economic structure as part of the country’s economy.
Keywords :
Cluster; Region; Socio-economic system; Market economy; Innovations; Competitiveness; The WTO; The real sector of the economy
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Citation :
Sadekova N.Kh. The place of a cluster in the structure of regional economy: comparative characteristics of Nizhniy Novgorod region and Tatarstan Republic, Actual Problems of Economics and Law, 2014, No. 4 (32), pp. 183–189.
Type of article : The scientific article
Date of receipt of the article :
22.10.2014
Date of adoption of the print :
27.11.2014
Date of online accommodation :
20.12.2014
