Friedman Yu.A., Rechko G.N., Blam Yu.Sh., Pimonov A.G. Assessment and analysis of the driver effect growth on regional competitiveness

uri Abramovich Friedman
Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Professor, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
yurifridman@mail.ru
Prosp. Akademika Lavrentyeva, 17, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

 Galina Nikolaevna Rechko
Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor, Head of Kemerovo Laboratory of Economic Research, Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
rgn.vt@kuzstu.ru
Prosp. Akademika Lavrentyeva, 17, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

 Yuri Shabsovich Blam
Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor, Head of Department of Economic Informatics, Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
blam@ieie.nsc.ru
Prosp. Akademika Lavrentyeva, 17, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

 Alexander Grigoryevich Pimonov
Doctor of Sciences (Technical), Professor, Researcher at the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
pag_vt@kuzstu.ru
Prosp. Aкademika Lavrentyeva, 17, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Abstract.
The article presents authors’ exploratory research on the methods for assessing the impact of the innovation component of the industry–the driver of regional economic development – on strengthening its competitive advantages. We propose to use a three-level methodical structure: (1) an assessment of the competitive position of a region against the key factors important for regional competitiveness, including the innovativeness of regional economy; (2) an assessment of the comparative cost-effectiveness and sectoral innovation activity in a region; (3) an assessment of the impact that the most effective industry at boosting regional development has on regional competitiveness. For each research unit, we have envisioned its own methodical framework adapted to the available database (tested on the information material from Kemerovo Oblast). The pilot calculations made to estimate the relative efficiency of basic industries in the economy of the Kemerovo Oblast (based on the Data Envelopment Analysis) quantitatively confirmed the hypothesis that the Kuzbass coal industry most effectively uses domestic resources for its development and has the greatest impact on the state and trends of the overall economy in the region. Thus it is indeed a driver of the regional development. We assessed the impact of the innovative development of a (driver) industry on the competitiveness of the region by using classical correlation analysis (through the example of the Kuzbass coal industry). The level and the dynamics of the innovative development of the industry are described with indicators from official statistics. We evaluate the competitive position of the region with the help of the authors’ methodology for determining the level of regional competitiveness, taking into account certain factors such as the level of the economic capacity and the efficiency of its use, region’s attractiveness for its population and business, and innovativeness of the region’s economy. We also define which indicators of innovation development for the coal industry have the most significant impact on the competitiveness of the Kuzbass economy.

Key words: economy, region, industry, innovativeness, competitiveness, method, assessment, factors, indicators, coal, Kuzbass, analysis.

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