Abstract:

In the context of global upward trends in international innovation and high technology competition and the urge to increase the share of high-tech industries in the country's GDP, developing a national innovation system becomes a key problem to gain an insight into the directions and methods of modernizing the economy and integrating science, education and business. Russian universities are being transformed in terms of business processes to boost their integration into the national innovation system. The purpose of this study is to develop methodological tools for the management of such university transformations in order to increase their revenues through the enhancement of their innovation activity. The analysis of theoretical NIS studies revealed their structure, the specifics of the innovation process and the model of interaction of its main elements. With a system approach applied to the national innovation system, this study analyzes the impact of leading universities on the innovative development of regions and makes recommendations for their development. The suggested methodical approach to the comprehensive assessment of integration of a university into the innovation system is validated on a group of leading universities which participate in the federal Project 5-100. The results of this study will manage the transformation of the university to increase the level of its integration into the innovation system and boost the innovation activity and competitiveness of the country's economy.