The Role of Techno-Park Structures in Integrating Mining Regions in Economy of Knowledge

Abstract

The characteristic feature of new economy is a growing role of human capital, knowledge and high technologies. In the field of innovation development Russia is seriously behind western countries. At the same time the development of Russian regions is extremely uneven. First of all, it is connected with mining regions. Techno-parks should eliminate gaps and help mining regions get integrated in economy of knowledge being formed now. The author studies the idea of techno-park structures, shows history of their establishment in Russia and analyzes dynamics of key indicators of techno-parks functioning. Apart from that, the article provides comparative analysis of technoparks’ functioning in different countries, such as Germany, France, China and others. While describing techno -park structures in the Tomsk and Kenerovo regions, the most important problems typical of them are identified. The author analyzes in detail the results of the innovation-territorial center ‘INO Tomsk’ and the Kuzbas techno-park, identifies key lines in their work dealing with integration of mining regions in new economy and shows positive effect of techno-park structures’ functioning.

Keywords

• economy of knowledge
• innovation-technological development
• techno-park
• innovation
• innovation economy
• the kemerovo region
• the tomsk region
• industry