Problems and Ways of Promotion of Innovative Activities of Road-building Enterprises as Exemplified by the Republic of Tatarstan
<i>Innovations are one of the main tools of obtaining and preserving the competitive advantages and elements of efficient strategy. Special character of the branch does not allow introducing universal principles of innovative activities optimization. The authors of the article study the impact of external and internal factors on innovative processes in road building, and reveal the problems preventing efficient innovative development. The authors suggest the ways of stimulating innovative activities in the road-building enterprise with the help of long-term contracts system.