INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF US STATES AND REGIONS IN INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES
V. N. Minat
Ryazan State Agrotechnological University named after P. A. Kostychev, Ryazan, Russian Federation
Keywords: US national innovation system, regional innovation system (RIS), US states, US Bureau of Census regions, international cooperation in innovation, innovation complex, integral indicators, cluster analysis
Abstract
The functioning of regional innovation systems at the level of states and regions of the United States, in addition to internal factors of development, is characterized by the strengthening of trends in international cooperation in innovation. Using the possibilities of quantitative and qualitative assessment of the innovative activity of regional systems based on the calculation of integral indicators that determine the level of development of this cooperation, as well as the method of cluster analysis, a study of the leading states and regions of the country was carried out according to a specific algorithm. A grouping of the most successful states in the development of international innovation is carried out, an assessment of their spatial position within the statistical and economic regions of the United States is given, and trends in the development of international innovative cooperation for the period 2000-2019 are substantiated. at the regional level. The results obtained allow us to conclude that there are significant opportunities for international cooperation, both realized over the two investigated decades, and potential, at the level of individual states and most regions of the United States in the innovation sphere, given the huge potential of the country’s economy.
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