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Issues of implementation of the federal cluster policy in the Russian Federation

Received: 25 June 2019

Received in revised form: 27 October 2019

Accepted: 21 December 2019

Available online: 14 February 2020

Subject Heading: SOCIOECONOMIC POLICY

JEL Classification: Е2, Е23

Pages: 265–283

https://doi.org/10.24891/re.18.2.265

Subject This article examines the main areas of cluster policy in the Russian Federation and the most important regulatory documents governing the implementation of relevant measures.
Objectives The article aims to review the practices of designing regional innovation clusters in the Russian Federation and identify the main problems and barriers to cluster development.
Methods For the study, we analyzed the regulatory legal documents and time series of statistics.
Results The article identifies certain problems and barriers to cluster development in the Russian Federation.
Conclusions In order to improve the effectiveness of the cluster policy implemented, the legal issues related to the support of cluster entities in the Russian Federation need to be addressed first.

Keywords: cluster policy, cluster initiative, regional innovation cluster

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