Scientific Journal SPATIAL ECONOMICS - The Scientific and Technological Reserve of the Far Eastern Federal District and the Northeast Asia Countries

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Title of the article	The Scientific and Technological Reserve of the Far Eastern Federal District and the Northeast Asia Countries
Pages	79-110
Author	Egor Leonidovich Domnich Candidate of Economics, Junior Research Fellow Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153 Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Abstract	The scientific and technological reserve is a key element of the Russian technological modernization especially in the Russian Far East. The competitive advantages of the regional scientific and technological reserve in comparison with foreign developments induce heated debates, which arise due to the integration of the regional economy into the system of world economic relations. Firstly, on the basis of patent statistics this study details the territorial, institutional and sectoral structure of the scientific and technological reserve of the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD) and the North-East Asia countries. Secondly, the article presents an interpretation of the economic forces shaping the scientific and technological reserve in FEFD and the NEA countries, including the economic motivation behind scientific and technological exchange between Far Eastern and Asianactors. The study finds the current state of science and technology development in the FEFD to be a limiting factor for the region’s participation in international cooperation in this area. If the existing institutional and structural layout of the scientific and technological reserve of the FEFD is maintained in the future, it will serve to only reinforce the region’s disadvantageous position ininternational technological exchange, which – in the long term – will limit the region’s ability to expand its productive capacity
Code	339.924+608.1+001.894
DOI	10.14530/se.2012.3.079-110
Keywords	scientific and technological reserve ♦ international cooperation ♦ science ♦ technology ♦ patents ♦ invention ♦ the Far Eastern Federal District ♦ China ♦ Japan ♦ the Republic of Korea
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For citation	Domnich E.L. The Scientific and Technological Reserve of the Far Eastern Federal District and the Northeast Asia Countries. Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika = Spatial Economics, 2012, no. 3, pp. 79-110. DOI: 10.14530/se.2012.3.079-110. (In Russian).
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Financing	The article was prepared with the support of projects No. 12-I-P31-02, No. 12-I-P34-01, the basic research program of the Far East RAS "Pacific Russia - 2050"