Strategic Innovation as a Factor of Adaptation of National Economies to the Development of Global Value Chains

Andrei G. Shelomentsev, Kseniya S. Goncharova, Igor M. Stepnov, Julia A. Kovalchuk, Do Huong Lan and Roman S. Golov
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Andrei G. Shelomentsev: Institute of Digital Economy, Yugra State University (YUSU), 628012 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Kseniya S. Goncharova: Department of Regional Socio-Economic Systems Research, Institute of Economics Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 620014 Yekaterinburg, Russia
Igor M. Stepnov: Department of Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, 125993 Moscow, Russia
Julia A. Kovalchuk: Department of Energy Service and Energy Saving Management, Moscow Aviation Institute, 125993 Moscow, Russia
Do Huong Lan: Center for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, National Economics University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
Roman S. Golov: Department of Management and Marketing of High-Tech Industries, Moscow Aviation Institute, 125993 Moscow, Russia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-27

Abstract: In age of sustainable development, strategic innovations have become the most important factor in the adaptation of national economies to dynamic global changes, encompassing trade and economic relations between the leading and developing countries of the World. At the same time, the task of this study was to reveal the complex and contradictory role of strategic innovations in the development of national economies against the background of the transformation of global value chains (GVCs). Main methods for solving the problem were empirical methods of comparative and structural analysis, as well as econometrics. The study analyzed 44 countries classified by the World Bank in the group of countries with per capita incomes below and above the average, as well as with high income. Results of the calculations made it possible to establish a highly differentiated relationship between the share of products manufactured by foreign companies operating in the host countries, on the one hand, and indicators of the dynamics of foreign direct investment (the number of researchers engaged in R&D, the number of technical specialists involved in research and development (R&D), the cost of research and development in the territory of the host countries), on the other hand. This made it possible to determine the role of strategic innovation in the adaptation of national economies. The established dependencies expand the understanding of the role of strategic innovations in the formation and further development of global value chains and their significance in evolution: from process and product innovations of individual companies to the formation of global innovation ecosystems.

Keywords: sustainable development; strategic innovation; adaptation factors; national economy; global value chains; transformation processes; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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