Efficiency of regional scientific and technological potential: toward an assessment methodology

Under the conditions of sanctions challenges, Russia’s aspiration to economic sovereignty, the need to fulfill the tasks of technological independence, the lack of a single concept of the regional scientific and technological potential definition, and the lack of a methodological approach to assessing regional scientific and technological potential effectiveness lead to difficulties and errors in regional policy development and, consequently, further development. The purpose of the study is to develop the authors’ methodology for assessing regional scientific and technological potential effectiveness. The methodological basis of the study was a comprehensive approach, including a number of methods such as analysis, synthesis, historical, and content analysis. The scientific novelty of the study consists in clarifying the regional scientific and technological potential concept, as well as in developing a system of indicators to assess its effectiveness and the authors’ methodology for this assessment. The regional scientific and technological potential definition as a set of human and other resources, infrastructural support, the best results in the sphere of regional scientific, innovative, technical, and technological activities, changing in territorial space and time in order to increase sustainable development, regional competitiveness and achievement of its strategic goals has been clarified. The system of indicators for assessing regional scientific and technological potential effectiveness has been organized into four groups: personnel support, resource support, infrastructural support, and regional scientific, technological, technical, and innovative activities. A step-by-step algorithm for implementing the authors’ methodology for calculating the regional scientific and technological potential efficiency index has been formed. The presented research is a necessary stage for setting and subsequent solution of national economic tasks such as assessing regional scientific and technological potential performance and forming regional policy of scientific and technological development.