Management of innovation clustering in agrarian-industrial complex: problems and priorities (examples of south-west border regions of Russia)
The research is to form conceptual structural representation of problems concerning administrative and bureaucratic regulation of clustering, and also to identify the key transformation vectors of modern management system in the sphere of clustering (in particular, with the example of agrarian-industrial complex (AIC) as the dynamic sector, creating the new direction of positioning of the Russian Federation at the world markets), purposed to increase the long-term efficiency of the corresponding policy. Structuring and risk assessment of administrative and bureaucratic management pattern dominating in the sphere of clustering allows to verify prospects of state policy and clustering management per se, and in particular one in the stimulation system of modernization of AIC. The methodological base of research is formed by provisions of the neoclassical economic theory, the theory of bureaucracy, the institutional theory reflecting problems of management by means of distribution models. The study considers the operating approaches to policy making and management in the sphere of clustering, which have been forming in Russia since 2010-2013 via creation of the regulatory base and selection of pilot clusters. The authors take into account the growing value of the agrofood sector, noted in the Doctrine of Food Security of the Russian Federation, and also its role in ensuring Russian export and providing food security of the country. Research methods are: the comparative analysis of key management concepts in the sphere of clustering on the basis of administrative and self- organizational approaches, the institutional analysis of the practices by the state. The conclusion points out the need for transformation of public administration, purposed on its reduction in compliance with requirements of clustering as a market process. The study develops structural model of problems in the sphere of clustering within administrative and bureaucratic distribution, and also designs the key vectors of its transformation. The research points out the potential of private business (mainly - the large agrarian one) in forming innovations and clusters within AIC. It can become the ground for the corresponding transformations of the management principles on the basis of a combination of competences by both business and the state (without attempts of bilateral substitution by this two sectors). At the same time the article shows the urgent need for the macroeconomic policy providing availability of crediting, trust in economy and creating favorable and steady business climate.