Russian technological specialization Comparison with BRICs and EU

Anna Kropacheva and José Molero Zayas ()
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Anna Kropacheva: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
José Molero Zayas: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

No 1401, Working Papers del Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales

Abstract: Russia, with its long scientific tradition and an extremely large R&D base, had been one of the major contributors to the world’s knowledge during decades of years. But the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the transition to a market economy, radically affected the national R&D system that existed in USSR. The main target of this paper is exploring technological specialization pattern of Russian manufacturing industry (26 sectors under observation) during the period of 1994-2008. For achievement this goal, firstly, using U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as the source of data for empirical investigation I try to find out if there were great changes in Russian manufacturing sectors’ technological specialization connected with its re-orientation from military to civil needs. Secondly, dividing Russian manufacturing sectors in four groups (“Dynamic specialization”, “Static specialization”, “Lost opportunities” and “Retreat”) I examine the nature of Russian technological specialization’s changes and its relation with international technological changes. And thirdly, I provide comparison between technological specialization’s models of Russian Federation, other countries of “BRIC”, European Nordic Innovation leaders (Denmark, Finland and Sweden) and European Southern Moderate Innovators (Italy and Spain).

Keywords: Market economy; R&D; Technological specialization; Russia.; Economía de mercado; Especialización tecnológica; Rusia; I+D. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2014
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