Efficiency factors of regional innovation systems.
At the present stage the creation of an innovation economy in Russia is a problem the Federal level. Many Russian scientists devote their works to the problem of creating effective regional innovation systems (RIS). In this article the author summarizes the current approaches to this issue, gives the definition of a regional innovation system, considering its components, as well as the many factors that determine the efficiency of regional innovation, offers the assessment of the effectiveness of RIS (using the example of the Ulianovsk region).