Management of Innovation Processes for Subsoil Use

The present study is based on discussions held at a seminar entitled “Innovation processes in the Russian mineral resources sector: problems, barriers, and directions for development” that took place at the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk) during the years 2016-2018. Aim. The study aims to examine major approaches for the analysis, assessment, and management of innovation processes discussed at the seminar. Tasks. The authors identify key elements across the major topics of discussion at the seminar; namely, resource regions and innovative development, geology in the context of innovative development, conditions for innovations and economic development, and demand limitations on the development of the mineral resources sector. Results. Resource regions and innovative development: Particular attention was paid to the sustainable development of resource regions and innovations, analysis of the functioning of the mineral resources sector, innovation systems pertaining to resource territories, and the impact of resource development corporations operating in resource regions. Geology in the context of innovative development: The focus was on investments in geological exploration and development of mineral resources (sources and approaches to attracting investment), creation of conditions for the development of hard-to-exploit reserves (including tests sites for new technology trials), consideration of risks during the implementation of projects in the field of subsoil usage, and training of specialists in the geological industry. Demand limitations on the development of the mineral resources sector: This direction was particularly important because, in the modern economy, demand fluctuations are determined by the dynamics of mineral resources development. The discussion revolved around the cooperation between Russia’s eastern territories and the countries of the Asia-Pacific region along with the integration of the Russian mineral resources sector into the global chains used to create added value in the context of fluctuating demand for raw materials and the role of the government in demand-generation for products of the mineral resources sector (particularly the new, “high-tech” types of raw materials). Conditions for innovation and economic development: The focus was on the regulation of innovation processes and creation of conditions (including those in the banking and financial sector) for the development and application of innovative technologies in the fields associated with the extraction of mineral resources.

инновационный процесс, минерально-сырьевой комплекс, ресурсные корпорации, коммерциализация, innovative process, mineral and raw complex, resource corporations, commercialization

1. Материалы обсуждений в рамках семинара «Инновационные процессы в минерально-сырьевом секторе России: проблемы, барьеры и направления развития» в Институте экономики и организации промышленного производства СО РАН (Новосибирск) в 2016-2018 гг