Strategic guidelines improving the competitiveness of industrial clusters regions
In the current economic conditions, the stability of the national economy is directly dependent on the level of socio - economic development of regions. In this regard there is an objective need for the improvement of the regional cluster policy, the implementation of which will allow to solve problems of socio-economic nature. The aim of the research is to provide the main directions for the formation of the competitiveness of industrial clusters in the region. To achieve this goal, the article addressed the following objectives: presents and analyzes the classification of industrial clusters in key specializations; the evaluation of the clusters by the following indicators: the number of cluster members, the number of employees of organizations-participants of the cluster, the level of cooperation of participants of industrial cluster, the amount of financing; given the characteristics of the analyzed clusters from the perspective of the amount of state funding; outlines the main directions of improving the competitiveness of regional industrial clusters based on industry specialization. Special attention is paid to the development and support of pharmaceutical clusters in view of their social importance in the region. When writing the article the author used the ideas presented in the works of Russian scientists; the data obtained from the results of research conducted by the team, HSE; official websites of the Ministry of industry and trade of the Russian Federation (Minpromtorg), geographic information systems industrial parks (GISIP), the analyzed clusters. The study identified the main strategic guidelines for increasing the competitiveness of regional industrial clusters in sectors: metallurgy; mechanical engineering; construction; pharmaceutical industry; chemical industry; agro-industrial complex. The author of the separately formulated conditions for the development of pharmaceutical clusters in view of their huge social importance and high importozavisimymi domestic market of medicinal products and medical goods.