EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR INTEGRATING SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM
The system for evaluating the performance of scientific institutions and universities in Russia began in the early 2000s and it is currently in the process of formation. The search for the most rational evaluation criteria for the scientific process is one of the questions, the solution of which will allow us to assess the real situation in the subsystem of knowledge generation in the national innovation system of Russia. The purpose of the study is to develop evaluation criteria to integrate scientific institutions in the national innovation system. To evaluate existing evaluation approaches to scientific institutions, a comparative analysis was carried out. Using system analysis, the main elements of the national innovation system that interact with scientific institutions at various stages of the innovation process are identified. Based on the analytical assessment of the links between the elements of the national innovation system and scientific institutions according to the proposed criteria, recommendations have been developed to strengthen the integration of the subjects in question. For each stage of the innovation process in the scientific institution, it is proposed to use separate criteria: at the stage of “research and development” - the share of research and development work with the terms of reference, subjected to examination by representatives of industry and innovation; at the stage of “expertise” - the proportion of research and development work, the results of which are presented at conferences and published articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals; at the stage of “disclosure”, the share of research and development activities, the results of which went through the disclosure procedure and received legal protection; at the stage of “commercialization” - the share of protected results of intellectual activity used to create business entities, to implement licenses or to carry out supporting research and development work.
Keywords: research institutions, integration, national innovation system, performance evaluation, innovation, research and development, commercialization, research and development, the result of intellectual activity.
Highlights:
the results of a comparative analysis of existing evaluation approaches to the performance of scientific institutions were presented;
evaluation criteria to integrate scientific institutions in the national innovation system was developed;
recommendations to strengthen the integration of scientific institutions in the national innovation system were proposed;
the subsystems and elements of the national innovation system were identified, which are to increase the performance of innovative activities of scientific institutions.
Daniil S. Burtsev, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, a lecturer; Elena S. Gavrilyuk, Candidate of Economic, Associate Professor - National Research University ITMO, St. Petersburg.