Control over funding for innovation territorial clusters in Russia
<b>Importance</b> The article addresses the mechanisms of control over funding for innovation territorial clusters. <br></br> <b>Objectives</b> The aim is to underpin mechanisms of preventive, routine and follow-up control over innovation territorial cluster financing, design a three-level system of indicators to assess the efficiency of innovation territorial cluster funding and define its future development. <br></br> <b>Methods</b> The study employs methods of bibliographic analysis, logical analysis, synthesis and the systems approach. <br></br> <b>Results</b> We provide a rationale for mechanisms of preventive, routine and follow-up controls over innovation territorial cluster financing. Preventive control includes co-financing of clusters by the subject of the Russian Federation and the municipality, public-private partnership, introduction of project-oriented budgeting in cluster entities, replication of best practices. Routine and follow-up control implies identifying inefficient clusters, ranking clusters by efficiency of financing. For these purposes, we developed a three-level system of indicators. The paper substantiates prospects for further development of control over financing for innovation territorial clusters in Russia. <br></br> <b>Conclusions</b> The offered three-level system of indicators enables decisions on budget allocation. To improve clustering performance, it is important to refine the methodological framework for control.