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Contributions to Economics Elena G. Popkova Valentina E. Sukhova Aleksey F. Rogachev Yulia G. Tyurina Olga A. Boris Valentina N. Parakhina Editors Integration and Clustering for Sustainable Economic Growth Contributions to Economics Moreinformationaboutthisseriesathttp://www.springer.com/series/1262 Elena G. Popkova (cid:129) Valentina E. Sukhova (cid:129) Aleksey F. Rogachev (cid:129) Yulia G. Tyurina (cid:129) Olga A. Boris (cid:129) Valentina N. Parakhina Editors Integration and Clustering for Sustainable Economic Growth Editors ElenaG.Popkova ValentinaE.Sukhova VolgogradStateTechnicalUniversity S.OMakarovStUnivofMarine&RiverFleet Volgograd,Russia Voronezh,TheVoronezhArea Russia AlekseyF.Rogachev YuliaG.Tyurina VolgogradStateAgrarianUniversity OrenburgStateUniversity Volgograd,TheVolgogradArea Orenburg,TheOrenburgArea Russia Russia OlgaA.Boris ValentinaN.Parakhina North-CaucasusFederalUniversity North-CaucasusFederalUniversity Stavropol,StavropolTerritory Stavropol,StavropolTerritory Russia Russia ISSN1431-1933 ISSN2197-7178 (electronic) ContributionstoEconomics ISBN978-3-319-45461-0 ISBN978-3-319-45462-7 (eBook) DOI10.1007/978-3-319-45462-7 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2017931977 ©SpringerInternationalPublishingAG2017 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpartof the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. 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Printedonacid-freepaper ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbySpringerNature TheregisteredcompanyisSpringerInternationalPublishingAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland Foreword: Role of Integration and Clustering in Providing Sustainable Economic Growth Theideaofeconomicgrowthformsthebasisofthemodernglobaleconomy.Eager to achieve this, countries face various socio-ecological problems that are inherent “side effects” of economic development. Thus, the problem of sustainability of suchgrowthisactualizedforthepurposeofminimizingitsnegativemanifestations andconsequencesandprovidingitslong-termeffects. In view of the recent financial crisis, the consequences of which have not yet beenovercomebymostparticipantsinglobaleconomicrelations,itisnecessaryto change our approach to economic growth and development, which makes the concept of sustainability even more attractive. However, despite general recogni- tionfortheneedforsustainabledevelopmentofeconomicsystems,thesecretsofits achievement remain undetermined, and tools and mechanisms remain poorly studied. In the modern scientific society, there is still little agreement between scholars ontheinfluenceofclusteringandintegrationoneconomicgrowthanditssustain- ability.Someexpertsconsiderthatintegrationviolatesthebalanceinaneconomy and strengthens its risk component, as it adds new participants into the system of economic relations, opening the system to the influence of novel international factors. The creation of economic clusters in this context is viewed through a prismofmonopolizationandisseenasanegativephenomenon,violatingtheaction ofmarketmechanismsandtheprincipleofrationalityineconomy. Other researchers, however, tend towards a different opinion and consider that integrationallowseconomicagentsatthemicro-levelandeconomicsystemsatthe macro-leveltouniteinidentifyingajointsolutionfortheircommonproblems,and allow expansion of access to resources and sales markets and joint conduct of scientificresearchandimplementationofinnovationsintoproduction.Clusteringis asupportingmechanismthatallowsglobalizingeconomicsystemstoadapttonew economicconditionsandtopreservedomesticproduction. Lack of clear substantiation of the influence of integration and clustering on economicgrowthisarestrainingfactorforpracticaluseofthesemechanismsinthe economicactivitiesofvariouscountriesandeconomicagents.Thispresentsserious v vi Foreword:RoleofIntegrationandClusteringinProvidingSustainableEconomicGrowth scientificandpracticalproblems,asifintegrationandclusteringplayapositiverole in the provision of sustainable economic growth, denying their full-scale imple- mentationimpliesasignificantlossofprofit. If the impact of integration and clustering in provision of economic growth is negative,whilenotscientificallyprovenandnotrecognizedbytheglobalsociety, these tools will be used and will damage economic systems. Furthermore, if the influenceofintegrationandclusteringonprovisionofsustainableeconomicgrowth depends on circumstances and peculiarities of the economic system, where these circumstances are unknown, these tools are applied “randomly,” which reduces theireffectiveness. This explains the intensity of study of the role of integration and clustering in providing sustainable economic growth. Despite the wide diversity in studies on economic integration, clustering, economic growth, and sustainable development of economic systems, they have a fragmentary character and are devoted to the study of only specific aspects of these issues. This does not allow us to build a comprehensive picture and thereby to determine the role of integration and clus- teringinprovidingsustainableeconomicgrowth.Thisbookconcentratesonfilling thesegapsandsetsthefollowingmaintasks: – To study the cluster initiatives as a factor of competitiveness of modern enterprises; – To determine the possibilities and perspectives ofprovision ofeconomic secu- rity by means of creation of an innovational network of transnational cluster initiatives; – Todeterminetheeffectivenessofstatemanagementandeconomicgrowthinthe contextofglobalintegrationandclustering; – To analyze methodological approaches to measuring the sustainable develop- mentofindustrialenterprisesundertheconditionsofintegrationandclustering. Thisbookpresentsscientificallysubstantiatedopinionsontheroleofintegration andclusteringintheprovisionofsustainableeconomicgrowth,basedonresultsof leadingfundamentalandappliedresearch.Thisprovidesthereaderwithanoverall ideaoftheproblemandthepossibilitiesavailabletosolveit.Wethereforeofferthe latest analytical materials and practical recommendations that allow maximum profit to be gained from the process of clustering and integration for the purpose ofprovidingsustainableeconomicgrowth. VolgogradStateUniversity AllaE.Kalinina Volgograd,Russia About the Book As a result of growing tensions in international socio-economic conditions and worseningofglobaleconomicproblems,thenecessityforprovisionofsustainable economic growth for modern economic systems is becoming more critical. Sus- tainablegrowthisnecessaryforthewell-balanceddevelopmentofaneconomyand for overcoming the structural disproportions that hinder achievement of a better levelandqualityoflife. Existingapproachestoprovisionofsustainableeconomicgrowthareineffective inthecurrenteconomicsituationintheglobaleconomy.Thus,marketmechanisms of self-regulation of economic systems stimulate an increase in the gap between leadingandunderdevelopedcomponentsofeconomicsystemsandgrowthoftheir structural imbalance. Ecological and social issues relate to the number of market gapsthathindersustainableeconomicgrowth. Strengtheningtheroleofthestateintheregulationofsocio-economicprocesses leadstoareductioninageneralsystemiclevelofeconomicdevelopment.Thatis, leveling of structural elements of an economic system takes place not by taking socio-economic indicatorsofthemostunderdeveloped systems totheleaders,but by slowing down the development of the leading members, which contradicts the generalideaofeconomicgrowthanddevelopment. Thus,thereisaneedfornewmethodsandtoolstoprovidesustainableeconomic growth which will allow eliminating market gaps and preserving a high level of economic effectiveness of economic systems. Many modern scientists think that cluster and integration approaches to providing sustainable economic growth and solving the problem of structural disproportions of economic systems are appropriate. This book includes submissions from the international scientific and practical conference “Role of Integration and Clustering in Provision of Sustainable Economic Growth” that took place on 17–19 March 2016 in Volgograd, Russia. This conference brought together contributions from leading specialists in the sphere of clustering from around the world with a view to solving topical issues vii viii AbouttheBook of stimulation of economic growth and presenting results of recent research in thisarea. Someofthecontributionsincludedinthisbookareofafundamentalnatureand view the conceptual issues of global integration and clustering. Other studies emphasize development of the methodology of formation and development of economic clusters, and achievement of sustainable economic growth. Others are ofamoreappliednatureandfocusonthestudyofpracticalaspectsandanalysisof empiricaldataintheareaofrealizationofclusterinitiativesinthedevelopmentof economicsystems. Presentations at the conference were grouped into four main categories, which formthebasisofthefourchaptersofthisbook.Thefirstchapter“BuildingCluster InitiativesasaFactorofCompetitivenessofModernEnterprises”isdevotedtothe development of a theoretical platform for studying various aspects of economic clustering. The exceptional contribution in this chapter is the article by scientists fromOrenburgStateUniversity,M.TroyanskayaandY.Tyurina,“Contradictionof Cluster Taxation in Russia: Taxes as Barriers and Stimuli for Clustering.” This articleisdevotedtothestudyoftheroleoftaxationintheprocessofclusteringin the economy of modern Russia. In their research, the authors determine the sense andspecificsoftaxationofclustersinRussia,analyzetaxbarriersforthedevelop- mentoftheprocessofclusteringintheeconomyofmodernRussia,andstudythe problems and perspectives of tax stimulation by clustering in Russia. The authors conclude that taxes play a contradictory role in the process of clustering of the economy, and are both barriers and stimuli for creation and development of clusters. Based on complex analysis of the macro-economic situation in modern Russia,possiblescenariosofclusteringoftheRussianeconomydependingonstate fiscalpolicyarepresented. Inthesecondchapter,“ProvisionofEconomicSecuritybyMeansofCreation of an Innovational Network of Transnational Cluster Initiatives,” the leading article is the paper by scientists from Volgograd State Technical University, I. Morozova and T. Litvinova, “Transnational Cluster Initiatives in Business as a Top-Priority Direction of Maximization of Economic Growth in Asian Coun- tries.”Thisarticleisdevotedtodeterminationofperspectivesofmaximizationof economic growth in Asian countries. The working hypothesis of the research consists of the idea that transnational cluster initiatives in entrepreneurship are a top-prioritydirectionofmaximizationofeconomicgrowthinAsiancountries.The article looks at the role of transnational cluster initiatives in entrepreneurship in providing economic growth in Asian countries and offers a model of economic growth for Asian countries on the basis of realization of transnational cluster initiatives in entrepreneurship. A key conclusion of the research is proving the hypothesis and substantiating the fact that transnational cluster initiatives in entrepreneurshipareatop-prioritydirectionofmaximizationofeconomicgrowth inAsiancountries. AbouttheBook ix Inthethirdchapter,“EffectivenessofStateManagementandEconomicGrowth in the Contextof Global Integration and Clustering,” the article “Effectiveness of State Territorial Administration in Provision of Sustainable Economic Growth of theRegion,”isdeservingofcloseattention. Thebasisofthefourthchapter,“MethodologicalApproachestoMeasurementof Sustainable Development of Industrial Enterprises Under the Conditions of Inte- grationandClustering,”ispresentedinthearticlebyI.Morozova(VolgogradState Technical University), M. Mysina (Samara State Institute of Culture), and S. Gryaznov (Samara Law Institute of FSIN of the RF): “Educational Clusters as a Factor of Development of an Educational Services Market in Region.” The purposeofthisarticleisthestudyofeducationalclustersasafactorofdevelopment of an educational services market in the region. The authors determine the sense andspecificsofeducationalclusters, compileeconomicandmathematicalmodels ofdevelopmentoftheeducationalservicesmarketintheregion,determinethemain factors involved in the development of the market of educational services in the region, specify the role of educational clusters in development of educational services market in the region, and determine perspectives of their development. Theywithacompilationoftheirrecommendations. It is worth noting another article by these authors, “Development of the Entre- preneurial Component as a Factor in Increasing the Effectiveness of Cluster Structures Management,” which is devoted to studying the perspectives involved in increasing the effectiveness of management of cluster structures by means of developmentofanentrepreneurialcomponent. Intheirresearch,theauthorsdeterminedpeculiaritiesofmanagementofcluster structures, factors involved in the effectiveness of cluster structure management, andmethodsforincreasingeffectivenessofclusterstructuremanagementbymeans of development of an entrepreneurial component, and offer recommendations for development of an entrepreneurial component of cluster structure management. Theanalysisshowedthatdevelopmentofanentrepreneurialcomponentpositively influencesallaspectsinvolvedintheeffectivenessofclusterstructuremanagement. Therefore,theeffectivenessofclusterstructuremanagementcouldbeincreasedby means of maximization of the use of the market structure and organization of clusterself-management.Thisisachievedbymeansofincludinganentrepreneurial componentintheprocessofclusterstructuresmanagement. Finally,wewouldliketoacknowledgetheeffortsofthereviewers,participants, andorganizersoftheconference,throughwhoseeffortswewereabletoactualize the problem of integration and clustering as the most important component for provisionofsustainableeconomicgrowth,andcompiletheresultsofthelatestand mostappropriatestudiesinthisarea. We are also grateful to the participants of the program committee of the conference: Doctor of Economics and Professor of the Chair “World Economics” oftheUniversityofMessina,SergiBruno,andDoctorofEconomicsandProfessor oftheChair“InternationalEconomics”ofHarvardBusinessSchool,RawiAbdelal.
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