The Russian Enterprise Directors' Perceptions On the Innovation Activity of Their Caompany: A Briefing of the Empirical Results*

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The main objective of the article is to analyse the current state of the innovation activity among the Russian enterprises. The empirical evidence shows only 13% of the sample indicated that innovation is the first priority for the firm. We propose that the Russian Government designs innovation policies which takes into account the differences between the industries. Secondly, the Russian Government should promote international innovation cooperation by setting up technology trade agents in the most active countries in terms of innovation cooperation, such as Germany, the USA, and Finland. Thirdly, the CEOs of the Russian enterprises consider R&D funding as well as policy steps to increase R&D effectiveness, as those measures of innovation policy which should be of the highest priority for the Russian government.

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The Russian Enterprise Directors' Perceptions On the Innovation Activity of Their Caompany: A Briefing of the Empirical Results*

1. Introduction

In terms of gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) relative to GDP, Russia is positioned in the club of such countries as Estonia, Belarus, South Africa, and Ukraine. Russia slightly exceeds India, Turkey, and Chile, but she is behind China and the Czech Republic. GERD, in the group of countries to which Russia belongs, is less than a half that of such a group of countries as the United States, Germany, France, and Canada and less than a third of Japan, Finland, and South Korea. It is also visible that the scientific and technological achievements of Israel have not cost that country cheap in the literal sense of the term. Israel allocates 5% of her GDP to research and development, and this amount is increasing.

The share of businesses' expenditure on research and development (BERD) in the Russian GDP is not very high (0.72%). This is more than in her CIS neighbours, and more than i...

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