CSTP: lessons from the implemen-tation of the first stage and future prospects

The article presents the results of the analysis of the first stage of the implementation of the Strategy of scientific and technological development on the basis of complex scientific and technological programs/projects of the full innovation cycle, expert support for this process and current changes in the organization of the development of such programs and projects.

Methodology For Assessing The Effectiveness of Regional Infrastructure Facilities to Support Scientific, Technical and Innovation Activities In The Context of The Synergy Effect: Analysis, Formation and Study

The aim of the study is to develop a methodology for assessing the effectiveness of the regional infrastructure facilities to support scientific, technical and innovation activities, taking into account the synergy effect. The article analyses methods existing in Russia and other countries and identifies their benefits and drawbacks. Based on the analysis conducted, the authors have determined a list of indicators characterising this area, developed a system for calculating the integral indicator, identified a list of regions that provided for the most objective assessment and testing of the developed methodology, and drew conclusions based on the calculations results. As a result, the effectiveness and perspectiveness of the developed methodology have been indicated. Even though the composite index is in the stability zone, its individual components may be in the zone of catastrophic risk and contain potential threats to further innovative development of a region. At the same time, it has been determined that regulatory support, as well as closed nature of the innovation cycle (synergy effect) play an important role in the efficient functioning of the infrastructure for supporting scientific, technical, and innovation activities.

Engineering Platform as Integrated Software for Model Mediated Research

Engineering software platform supports engineering activities in continuously widening disciplinary area of complex systems operated industrial and commercial products and other engineering achievements. Engineering activities increasingly include research extending the conventional product lifecycle engineering to the whole innovation cycle. Comprehensive engineering platform comprises wide range of integrated software solutions to manage complex model systems to represent situation controlled autonomous products and offers all software solutions necessary for the integrated innovation and life cycle. By now, engineering platforms are amongst the largest and most complex applications of advanced software. This paper reports recent contributions to concept and methodology of research integration representations for engineering model systems using research capabilities of engineering platform. First, concept on model organized research project (MORP) is introduced. MORP is a new model system based concept of research project which is managed using capabilities of software organized in these platforms. MORP relies on the formerly defined concept of model mediated research (MMR) which is extended to research in situation control of autonomous functions of the represented systems operated engineering achievements recognizing that situation control reorganizes engineering related research to a great extent. Following this, connection of MORP with software which provides situation based control for physical execution in cyber physical system (CPS) is analyzed and discussed. The MMR based MORP is about pilot projecting at the recently established virtual research laboratory (VRL) at the Doctoral School of Applied Informatics and Applied Mathematics (DSAIAM) at the Óbuda University.

Development of methods and tools of the commercialization of high-tech projects on the example of Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)

Building an economy with a reduction in the innovation cycle, i.e. in complex of works, which includes the stages and results of the innovation process, now is one of the main features of the modern development of the world economy. This is a new stage in the formation of an innovative society. One of the key tasks of the state Customer of the program, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, is to obtain the final product as a result of applied scientific research and experimental development. The article discusses the toolkit for management monitoring of the commercialization of high-tech projects, which is relevant at the moment. The necessity of introducing innovations in the field of control over the fulfillment of obligations under scientific and technical projects has been substantiated.

Barriers and drivers towards eco-innovation for SMEs: Evidence from the context

Eco-innovations have become a clear target of EU policy strategies. Consequently, measuring eco-innovation performance at the country level has become crucial to detect eco-innovation patterns and to design eco-innovation policy implementation. This paper focuses on EU small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with the aim to understand to what extent EU funding programmes influence barriers and drivers towards SMEs’ eco-innovation performance. A correlation analysis between data from Eco-Innovation Scoreboard index and competitiveness and innovation framework programme/Entrepreneurship and innovation programme/Eco-innovation programme projects database reveals that the countries with the highest number of EU funded projects are those with the lowest levels of green early-stage investments. According to the findings, EU funding programmes reduce financial constraints that SMEs face for developing eco-innovations. This paper recommends that policymakers should keep in mind the dynamic interaction between private and public funding support, the latter is customised according to the entity of risk along the innovation cycle. Keywords: Eco-innovation, barriers, drivers, policy strategies, index.

Embedding Sustainability in the Consumer Goods Innovation Cycle and Enabling Tools to Measure Progress and Capabilities

This paper highlights the mutual relationship and crucial need for sustainability in innovation and vice versa, with a focus on various companies that are leading in this aspect. Together with certain conditions in place, growing awareness of this need has led to these companies achieving groundbreaking progress in embedding sustainability into the new product innovation space via the development of an overarching roadmap supported by strategic partnerships and robust quantitative tools, to proactively expand the sustainability mindset and way of life into the company culture and ways of working. Case studies of these companies are examined, and based on the findings, the paper concludes with recommendations and next steps for businesses to take to succeed in sustainability-centric innovation.

Barriers Influencing Vaccine Development Timelines, Identification, Causal Analysis, and Prioritization of Key Barriers by KOLs in General and Covid-19 Vaccine R&D

A frequently mentioned factor holding back the introduction of new vaccines on the market are their prohibitively long development timelines. These hamper their potential societal benefit and impairs the ability to quickly respond to emerging new pathogens. This is especially worrisome since new pathogens are emerging at all-time high rates of over one per year, and many age-old pathogens are still not vaccine preventable.Through interviews with 20 key-opinion-leaders (KOLs), this study identified innovation barriers that increase vaccine development timelines. These innovation barriers were visualized, and their underlying causes revealed by means of qualitative root cause analysis. Based on a survey the innovation barriers were quantitatively ranked based on their relative impact on both regular, and Covid-19 vaccine development timelines. KOLs identified 20 key innovation barriers, and mapping these barriers onto the Vaccine Innovation Cycle model revealed that all phases of vaccine development were affected. Affected by most barriers is the area between the preclinical studies and the market entry. Difficult hand-off between academia and industry, lack of funding, and lack of knowledge of pathogen targets were often mentioned as causes. Quantitative survey responses from 93 KOLs showed that general vaccine development and Covid-19 vaccine development are impacted by distinct sets of innovation barriers. For the general vaccine development three barriers were perceived of the highest impact; limited ROI for vaccines addressing disease with limited market size, limited ROI for vaccines compared to non-vaccine projects, and academia not being able to progress beyond proof of principle. Of highest impact on Covid-19 vaccine development, are lack of knowledge concerning pathogen target, high risk of upscaling unlicensed vaccines, and proof of principle not meeting late-stage requirements. In conclusion, the current study demonstrates that barriers hampering timelines in vaccine development are present across the Vaccine Innovation Cycle. Prioritizing the impact of barriers in general, and in Covid-19 vaccine development, shows clear differences that can be used to inform policies to speed up development in both war and peace time.

FEATURES OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE MARKET ENVIRONMENT ON THE INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES

Introduction. Research and analysis of the theoretical foundations allowed to determine the relationship between scientific and technological progress, innovation processes in the economy. The dominant role in economic development is played by scientific and technological progress, the core of which is innovation. The variety of types, forms and definitions of innovations necessitates the study of the essence of innovative development of agricultural enterprises, their main features and role in a market economy.The hypothesis of the research is to substantiate the recommendations and proposals for improving the efficiency of innovation of agricultural enterprises as a priority sector, taking into account the European integration vector of the state.The purpose of the study is to substantiate the peculiarities of the influence of the market environment on the innovative development of agricultural enterprises.The methodology of scientific research is general and special research methods: dialectical – for analysis and understanding of the essence and content of the categorical series "innovation", "innovation process", monographic – in highlighting the views of scientists on the research issues; strategic analysis – to determine the priority areas for intensifying the innovative development of agricultural enterprises.Conclusions and prospects for further research. Based on the concept of growth cycles, it can be concluded that in a market environment, the organization of innovation is associated with the division and cooperation of labor, providing the necessary resources, selection and implementation of procedures for effective implementation of the innovation cycle. Therefore, the peculiarities of the influence of the market environment on the innovative development of agricultural enterprises, in our opinion, should be considered in terms of innovation systems. Factors that create a favorable market environment that allows the surveyed enterprises to be able to make significant upgrades, determine the four attributes of the country: the conditions for the factors; state of demand; related and supporting industries; stable strategy and structure. They each and all together form the basis of the country's competitive advantages, the space that each state creates and maintains for its industries.

Innovative marketing as an effective tool of business success

Theoretical principles and mechanisms of innovative marketing development substantiated and covered taking into account the best European practices and national characteristics. The research is uses dialectical methods of cognition of processes and phenomena, uses a monographic method, which analyzes the evolution of scientific achievements of Ukrainian and foreign scientists on the development of innovative marketing, an empirical method of comprehensive assessment of the current state of innovation as an effective tool for business success, comparative analysis of diversity types of innovations, which creates opportunities and preconditions for their more active use by enterprises of different spheres of activity and contributes to the success of business, comparative analysis of the diversity of types of innovations, which creates opportunities and prerequisites for their more active use by enterprises of different fields and contributes to business success, as well as abstract-logical method, which developed theoretical generalizations and conclusions. Process of studying is development of innovative marketing in Ukraine and in some European countries, the current state of innovation is highlighted and its economic aspects are analyzed. The main results of modern transformations in innovation marketing are identified and it is determined that it is a systematic integration of the full innovation cycle: from consideration of market conditions of innovative products, their business planning, sales, promotion of innovative products, innovation and revenue generation. Innovation marketing differs from traditional marketing in that it is not related to a real product, but to innovations and evaluation of the effectiveness of their development and promotion in innovation. Along with the constant changes, it is advisable to formulate a definition of innovative marketing as a comprehensive system of enterprise aimed at analyzing and managing innovations based on marketing information and marketing tools and provides for the implementation of tasks using innovative marketing tools, which will contribute to business success.