Managers of the St. Petersburg towards the creation of the innovation economy
In the article formation of innovational economy in St Petersburg is considered as a strong factor of increase of subjectiveness of this major region for the country. The paper is written on the basis of five research projects carried out by the authors from 1997 to 2007. These projects have been devoted to studying managers of the St Petersburg region, readiness of managers to master and use managerial practices, necessary for innovational economy. Certainly, rates and quality of works on creation of regional innovational system essentially depend upon managers occupied in the industry, upon their knowledge, practices of their professional work. This is also possible to tell about a degree of the social responsibility of managers. The paper shows that in St Petersburg, although still inconsistent and not quite systematic, but rather obvious favorable conditions for formation of regional innovational systems are being formed.