The Effectiveness of Scientific Research and Development in Federal Districts
https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2025-3-44-59
Abstract
Russian statistics provide a quantitative measure of the results of intellectual activity, but not a qualitative one. This lack prevents a full assessment of the true productivity of researchers in the federal districts. The absence of reliable statistical data on the economic efficiency of research and development (R&D) outcomes necessitates the use of indirect evaluation methods. An analysis of R&D expenditures and performance indicators, considered both statically and dynamically at the level of federal districts and in an international context, revealed several notable patterns: no positive correlation between R&D spending and outcomes; a decline in inventive activity between 2015 and 2022; a shift in R&D focus toward production technologies; and a diminishing role of low R&D-intensive regions in technology exports, despite overall growth in technology trade. These findings are interpreted in only a preliminary manner.
About the Author
E. N. Korepanov
Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Korepanov Evgeny N., Cand. Sc. (Econ.), Leading Research Fellow
32, Nakhimovsky Av., Moscow, 117218
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Korepanov E.N. The Effectiveness of Scientific Research and Development in Federal Districts. Federalism. 2025;30(3):44-59. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2025-3-44-59
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