Innovative modernization and balanced development of regional economic systems: from theory to implementation mechanism
Abstract. The article considers theoretical and methodological aspects of the balanced development of regional economic systems (RES) in the context of structural transformation of the economy. The author emphasizes the need for a comprehensive analysis of the economic complex of the region, focusing on the transition from maintaining the current state to achieving new qualitative and quantitative results. The work systematizes approaches to assessing the balance of RES, identifies extensive and intensive types of development, and investigates modern theories of economic growth, including models of neoclassical, cumulative, agglomeration growth and competitive advantages. The author proposes a mechanism for ensuring balanced development based on the concept of "connectedness of localities", which contributes to the formation of a single, sustainable economic space. The role of technological transformations and innovative modernization in overcoming imbalances and strengthening the adaptive potential of RES is emphasized. The practical significance of the study lies in the development of management tools aimed at sustainable development of regions in the context of geoeconomic instability. The presented conclusions and mechanisms are consistent with the goals of the strategic documents of the Russian Federation, includingthe Spatial Development Strategy and the Economic Security Strategy.
Keywords: regional economic system, RES, balanced development, localities, technological transformations, innovative modernization, support mechanism, regional imbalances, socio-economic development, spatial development, economic infrastructure.
Highlights:
- the development of regional economic systems is becoming a key area of the state regional policy, reflecting the desire to increase the efficiency of economic activity, overcome territorial imbalances and achieve sustainable economic growth;
- of particular importance is the concept of "connectivity of localities" as a basis for buildingsustainable inter-regional and intra-urban relations;
- an integrated organizational scheme of the mechanism for ensuring "connectivity of localities" has been developed, which makes it possible to analyze the threats of imbalances in the regional economic system, identify the main sectors of its practical activities, growth vectors of social and economic indicators of territories, issues of strategic planning and management of elements of the regional economic system, potential scenarios for its uniform, full-fledged development;
- the basis of technological transformations of the regional economic system is its innovative modernization, the imperatives of balanced development in the implementation of innovative modernization are the rapid development of similar processes in the global economy and the creation of their own innovative areas.
Aleksandr A. Shatskiy - State University of Management, Moscow, Russia