INSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS OF CREATION AND METHODICAL ASPECTS OF ESTIMATION OF EFFICIENCY OF CLUSTER FUNCTIONING: RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN EXPERIENCE
The task of increasing the competitiveness of the economy is permanent for national governments and international organizations. Its significance rises in the conditions of polarization of the socio-economic space and the intensification of international competition. The article considers one of the modern concepts of increasing the competitiveness of the economy based on the cluster concept, which is gaining increasing development in foreign countries. The aim of the work was to develop recommendations for improving the methodology for assessing the effectiveness of clusters. The practical component of the study is the efficiency indicators proposed by the author, which can be used as a basis for an integrated assessment of the effectiveness of the cluster both for the purposes of obtaining state support and for the purposes pursued by shareholders and cluster management. The article also analyzes the institutional conditions for the formation of clusters in the context of the strategy of Russia's innovative development. The main conditions and factors of state policy aimed at creating conditions for cluster formation are considered. Methods for assessing the efficiency of the operation of clusters in Russia and abroad were studied in order to obtain state funding. Criteria for the efficiency of clusters in the foreign and Russian methodology are considered and analyzed.