CLUSTERING AS AN INSTRUMENT OF THE REGION ECONOMICS COMPETITIVENESS INCREASING

The most important task of development of Russia recently is the critical transition from the raw material model of the economic development to the model of the modern innovation economics. One of the methods of achieving such task is the application of cluster approach, which is considered as one of the most effective methods of development of the regions. The main advantage of the cluster model of development is the occurrence of the synergetic effect between the cluster participants. Consolidation of the efforts of businessmen, authorities, entities of investment and innovation activities, the state support measures at a certain area provides significant advantages in competitive struggle, promote rationalization of the production-market processes, re-distribution of risks and conduct of flexible policy required in the conditions of the rapidly changing conjuncture. Such consolidation of the efforts in the developed countries has demonstrated the high efficiency.

cluster, clustering, cluster approach, clustering phenomenon, synergetic effect, competitive cluster establishing, innovation economics, capitalization, contracting, regional economics