CREATING INNOVATIONAL AND INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT IN FOREIGN ECONOMIC COMPLEX OF THE COUNTRY AND REGION
The article deals with current issues of functioning of foreign economic complex development models in the context of innovational growth, namely, models of export orientation and import substitution. The authors prove the importance of foreign economic complex in the process of Russia's transition from economic development model that depends on raw material exports to the innovational model. They also assess the investment climate and innovational environment in Russia and Irkutsk region, point out factors that reduce investment capacity of the economy, analyze key indicators of foreign economic activity and foreign trade potential of Irkutsk region, and recommend measures to increase innovational and investment attractiveness of the region.