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The Challenge: Renewal of the Russian Innovation System

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Russia needs a fundamental renewal of their National Innovation System. In this chapter a brief overview of the history of Russian Innovation System and the status of the current economic situation is presented. In this respect some popular notions like Russia needs a more diversified economy away from dependency on natural resources will be challenged and reformulated. The most important bottlenecks, strengths and weaknesses, aims, policies and programs are analyzed. The outcome of the analysis clearly shows the myopic view on technology. It is demonstrated that Russia’s Innovation System boils down to policies and programs dedicated to chasing the World’s Technological Frontier. For becoming an innovation leader much more is needed. But the path of Technological Frontier is a dead end and an alternative is needed. This alternative is Strategic Innovation.

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Notes

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    See for an extended elaboration and background (Someren, 1991, 2005, 2015b; Someren & Someren-Wang, 2012, 2013b).

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    This Fig. 1.1 was first presented during key note speech by T. C. R. van Someren “Strategic Innovation. Creating Future Russian Stars”, Russian-Dutch Business and Government Ministers meeting, Lotte Hotel, Moscow Russia, 7 November 2013.

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    Russian inventions that changed the world. Sources: V. Kuzmin (2012); Wikipedia, Timeline of Russian Innovation

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  3. 3.

    See for appliances in EU, US and China for example Someren (2005) and Someren and Someren-Wang (2012, 2013b).

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    Taco C. R. van Someren & Shuhua van Someren-Wang

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van Someren, T.C.R., van Someren-Wang, S. (2017). The Challenge: Renewal of the Russian Innovation System. In: Strategic Innovation in Russia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41081-4_1

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