The essential characteristics of public-private partnerships
According to the “Concept of the Long-Term Socio-Economic Development of the Russian Federation until 2020”, this is a transition from the raw materials export to an innovative model of economic growth associated with the formation of a new mechanism of social development based on a balance of entrepreneurial freedom, social justice and national competitiveness. The article discusses the concept of forming a national innovation system, in particular, “a system of research and development integrated with education, which flexibly responds to requests from the economy. For the successful implementation of this concept, it is necessary to reach a new level of relations between the state and business, which in modern society becomes possible on the basis of partnership between the government and the private sector. After studying the literature, we can conclude that there is no precise definition of a public-private partnership, “the terminology used to describe a public-private partnership is not standardized”