Categories "region" and "innovative environment of region": scientific approaches to understanding of essence and contents
In research authors set the task of definition of theoretical approaches to formation in the region of economy of innovative type. They present widespread approaches to definition of the category «region» for this purpose in article. E. Kuklinski's definition of who considers the region as the territory of innovations and business is the basis for the analysis. So, authors define the region as the potential territory of innovative development, open, difficult and localized in space social and economic system with the innovative system harmoniously built in a production and economic complex where there are specific innovative and investment processes, the economic and administrative relations. Authors carried out the analysis of the category «innovative environment of the region» for achievement of the task set in research. The article considered the innovative environment within institutional approach: concept of «proximity», concept of clusters, concept of agglomerations. Authors considered the approach based on the principle of openness of innovative systems - is a development of innovative infrastructure by formation of business incubators, science and technology parks, venture funds, patent bureaus, etc. They designated definition «the innovative environment of the region» as the developed interaction of an external environment of the region and regional innovative system caused by set of dynamically developing economic, financial and administrative relations forming innovative development of the region in general. Thus, on the basis of the synthetic approach developed by the domestic scientist I. Z. Garafiev which essence in influence of social institutes on the innovative environment, authors draw a conclusion that local authorities, as a rule, manage to reach significantly closer interaction between education, science and the hi-tech industry that is a key condition of formation of innovative economy.