Barriers to the Formation of an Ecosystem of Technological Entrepreneurship in Russia

Abstract

The article is devoted to the current issues of the development of the technological entrepreneurship ecosystem, the growing importance of which is due to the need to implement innovative high-tech business ideas, their implementation and iteration to achieve Russia’s technological sovereignty. The purpose of this study is to generalize and evaluate Russian experience of state support for technological entrepreneurship, as well as to identify barriers to the formation of an innovation ecosystem at the regional level. During the research process, a complex of general scientific methods was used, including: analysis and synthesis, logical, monographic, questioning, generalization, interpretation, graphic visualization. The continuity of international practice of innovative development for Russia, especially in the context of promoting the development of the technological entrepreneurship sector, is determined in the plane of the formation of an innovative society, mental and cognitive strengthening of the national innovation ecosystem. An analysis of the key imperatives in terms of institutional, financial, economic and program mechanisms for supporting the Russian high-tech sector and entrepreneurship was carried out. Based on the results of a survey of subjects of the innovation process conducted as part of thematic foresight sessions in the period 2019–2023. in the regions of the Volga and Ural Federal Districts, barriers limiting the development of the technological entrepreneurship ecosystem are identified, and development directions that help improve its efficiency are identified. From the point of view of practical significance, the results of the study can be useful to government authorities at all levels in the implementation of ecosystem management decisions, including the development of tools to support individual sectors of the economy, the preparation of road maps, regional strategies and standards in the field of innovative development.