Knowledge-intensive markets and information technology development: conditions and results

Abstract

The relevance of the formation of new high-tech markets for the transition of the region to an innovative development model is determined. A multisectoral development model focused on “smart" specialization technology has been used as an instrument of formation. Criteria for choosing priority markets and procedures for assessing the opportunities for their development with identification of the expected results are determined. The selection criteria are: compliance with the priorities of technological development of the Russian Federation, confrontation with global challenges, convergence of technologies, the ability of the region to develop, produce, use and maintain technology. A four-stage process for prioritizing the development of high-tech markets has been made. A matrix of promising high-tech markets has been formed with highlighting the direction of information and communication technologies (ICT), a circle of economic sectors has been identified that form the synergistic effects of using their results. A matrix of promising areas of development of high-tech markets in the areas of technological development (ICT, biotechnology, rational environmental management, new materials and technologies) has been compiled. The circle of potential participants in the formation of high-tech markets is determined along the chain of their life cycle from the R&D stage, through production to the consumer. Within the framework of “smart" specialization, three scenarios for the development of markets are proposed.