61%
was the average capacity utilization level at Russian manufacturing companies in July. It is the lowest number seen in three years, stated experts from the HSE’s Centre for Business Tendency Studies, which operates under the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK).
49th is Russia’s ranking in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2014
The GII is published annually by Cornell University, the French business school INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). It includes a ranking accompanied by a report analysing the level of innovative development in different countries around the world. This year two HSE researchers were co-authors of the report — Leonid Gokhberg, First Vice Rector and Director of HSE ISSEK, and Valentina Polyakova, Research Fellow at HSE ISSEK.
Children Help Adults to Learn about Innovation
On July 18, the Global Innovation Index 2014 was presented in Sidney. HSE’s First Vice Rector Leonid Gokhberg and Research Fellow Valentina Polyakova at the Institute of Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) co-authored the research into levels of innovation development in different countries.
HSE hosted a training event for technology foresight experts
The federal law ”On Strategic Planning in the RF” became effective in July, and technology foresight in the country is moving up to a new, more systemic level. Exactly how this work should be undertaken? The NRU HSE ISSEK’s Foresight Centre launches a series of training events for experts in this field, the first of which was devoted to “Organising and conducting expert discussions and expert polling for industry-specific technology foresight studies”.
New technology foresight objectives discussed at the RF Ministry of Education and Science
The second in this year meeting of the Inter-Departmental Commission (IDC) on Technology Foresight took place on 11 July. The agenda included updating development priorities for the energy sector, objectives for the new cycle of the Russian S&T Foresight, and implementation of its previous stage results in the national strategic planning system.
Moscow: “composite capital”
The numbers of territorial clusters are growing: Moscow Composite Cluster was established. First vice-rector, director of the NRU HSE ISSEK Leonid Gokhberg took part in the meeting of the founding board comprising representatives of organisations which create innovative, advanced and durable materials, and was elected a member of the cluster’s executive board.
23%
of Russians expect the country’s economy to experience positive changes in the coming 12 months. At the same time, only 12% of respondents expect their own financial condition to improve. This information is presented in a new research report by the Centre for Business Tendency Studies at the HSE ISSEK.
Government Finances Innovative Research
The government in Russia has been the main customer for research and development (R&D) since 2009, while the real sector of the economy finances only a third of the total R&D costs of innovation-focused research companies, according to findings from a monitoring of innovation activity carried out by the HSE's ISSEK
1000
SSRN downloads is a milestone recently achieved by ‘Innovation Concepts and Typology – An Evolutionary Discussion’, a working paper by Maxim Kotsemir, Alexander Abroskin and Dirk Meissner — one of the first publications issued as part of the HSE Basic Research Programme. The authors analyse the evolution of the concept of ‘innovation’ and present a typology of innovations.
Foresight-Russia now in English
The first two English-language issues of Foresight-Russia are published. The English version will be issued in electronic format quarterly in sync with the Russian.