CLUSTER STRATEGIES IN THE REGIONAL ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT: LEGAL ASPECTS

Abstract

Objective: to study the state of legal support of the cluster strategies implementation; to identify the problems and possible directions for improv-ing the legal support of cluster development in the regions.Methods: systemic, structural-functional, induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis, formal legal.Results: the paper formulates the definition of cluster as a form of cooperative interaction of organizations interacting in some economic sphere due to functional dependence, complementing each other and reinforcing the competitive advantages of individual companies. The hypothesis is proposed that the organizational and management structure of clusters should be unified and obtain normative fixation so that the same type of bodies (including executive bodies) and the structure of the different clusters (deliberative, specialized organizations, organization-coordinator, etc.) had similar competence and position in the management hierarchy.Scientific novelty: following the most general conception of a cluster as interacting institutions in a specific area, one can see that the lack of clarity in the legal support of the clusters functioning does not allow to determine the status of authoritative and non-authoritative subjects of economic activities, their organizational-legal forms and the procedure of their interaction.Practical significance: the identified problems of legal support of the cluster strategies implementation can help in the improvement of stateregulation of cluster relations in the regions and their implementation.

Keywords

• cluster strategies
• regional economy
• innovative clusters
• state regulation
• state power bodies
• government support