THE MAIN PREREQUISITES FOR CREATION AND FUNCTIONING OF SUCCESSFUL SCIENCE CITIES AS TERRITORIAL GROWTH POINTS
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Author(s): | Belyakova G. Y., Proskurnin S. D., |
| Number of journal: | 1(74) | Date: | March 2026 |
| Annotation: | The Russian and foreign experience of scientific and technological development demonstrates various directions of territorial innovative development. The country’s innovation landscape is characterized by duality: the main centers of science and technology are located in large cities, but small towns with a clear research or high-tech specialization also make a significant contribution to innovation. This study focuses on cities with high scientific and technological potential and attempts to identify the key conditions and prerequisites for the formation of successful science cities. Based on the analysis of the creation of successful practices, the paper identifies a variety of goals (decentralization, economic diversification, global leadership) and mechanisms for their implementation (from the formation of an entrepreneurial culture to the creation of privileged living conditions). It is concluded that the success of creating science cities depends on the development of an individual model based on local conditions and solving strategic tasks. In addition, four main necessary entities are identified to ensure the sustainable innovative development of the territory. Based on the fact that people are the driving force behind innovation — creative scientists, competent engineers, and visionary leaders — it can be argued that having a community of passionate professionals is crucial for turning ideas into innovative technologies and products. The analysis of successful and unsatisfactory practices also showed that the model of an innovation ecosystem must necessarily meet the required conditions and contain adaptive mechanisms for responding to external factors. In order to obtain a stable successful model, the paper identifies the main current trends in the development of models of innovative growth of territorial ecosystems. | ||
| Keywords: | sustainable development, conditions of sustainable development, science city, technopolis, akademgorodok, closed administrative-territorial entity, cities with high scientific and technological potential, prerequisites for successful development, innovative ecosystem of the city, institutional environment, human capital |
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| For citation: | Belyakova G. Y., Proskurnin S. D. The main prerequisites for creation and functioning of successful science cities as territorial growth points. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2026;1(74):25—32. DOI: 10.25683/ VOLBI.2026.74.1547. |
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