DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON THE BASIS OF CLUSTER APPROACH

Abstract

The paper explores the meaning of innovation entrepreneurship development in foreign countries. The role of cluster policy in the development of innovative entrepreneurship in Russia is shown. The author notes that implementation of the main objectives of foreign countries’ cluster policy requires different mechanisms and tools; some of them are: creating specialized advisory and coordination bodies, contributing to the support and development of innovation clusters; the state’s co-financing of programmes and projects aimed at the development of innovative clusters. The author identified the bodies that facilitate the development of innovative clusters. To build an effective cluster systems in the region, it is necessary to observe the following requirements: the presence of the leader company that will choose the “course” of innovative strategic development of the entire system; the location of the major participants of the cluster in one area; the formation of both the interregional and international contacts; consensus-building between business and authorities in promotion of cluster activities; formation of corporate governance.