Interregional Cooperation in the Field of Infrastructural Arrangement of the Economic Space of the South of Russia as an Integration Form of the Manifestation of General Globalization Processes

Abstract

Purpose: The article presents the results of the study of the main trends, factors and conditions of interregional interaction of the subjects of the federation in the field of infrastructure development of the economic space of the South of Russia, as one of the manifestations of general globalization processes.

The purpose of the article is to justify the need to rationalize the processes of interregional interaction for the qualitative improvement of the infrastructure of the South Russian macro-region, to stimulate the growth of its competitive advantages, formed through the effective interaction of the regions of the South of Russia.

Design/methodology/approach: The methodological basis of the article, based on the principles of a systemic approach, is formed on the basis of theories of regional reproduction and evolutionary development and it is specified using the approaches of the theory of managing the development of complex socio-economic systems, cluster theory, provisions of institutional regionalism, strategic management, concepts of economic globalism.

Findings: The results of the work are reflected in the conclusions presented in the article on the effectiveness of cooperation between neighboring regions based on the commonality of the natural conditions of the economic and geographical zone and their production and economic activities, nature management specialization and positioning in the system of social division of labor. Important results are: identification of promising areas of interregional cooperation in the infrastructure development of the economic space of the South of Russia and the design of adequate institutional mechanisms for its provision.

Originality/value: The scientific novelty obtained as a result of the study consists in identifying a sign of multidimensional morphology of the economic space and proving the provision that the economically motivating basis of partnership cooperation is the convergence of strategic interests on the idea of ​ ​ joint development of participating regions in the economic space of the macro-region. This was the basis for the search development of copyright recommendations for the use of: the advantages of the cluster model, the potential of the “power field” of market-gravitational attraction, as well as the scheme for the formation of division-network deployment of service objects, the idea of ​ ​ transforming the landscape and geo-economic terrain and the concept of the development of the socio-settlement network within the existing administrative-territorial division of the country.