Paul
Goble
Staunton, July 28 – Russian businesses
have little interest in working with Russian researchers in universities and
institutes, an attitude that precludes “the innovative development of the
economy,” according to scholars at the Moscow Institute for Statistic Research
and Economic Knowledge.
The experience of other countries
shows that “close and effective interaction between enterprises of the real
sector of the economy and universities which support the processes of the creation,
transmission, acquisition and introduction of new knowledge and technologies”
is an absolute requirement for a modern economy (opec.ru/1729087.html).
But a survey the institute conducted
in 2,000 Russian enterprises in the industrial and service sectors and in more
than 1,000 scientific organizations found that “interest in the enterprises of
the real sector of the economy for cooperation with scientific organizations is
very weak in Russia.”
More than three out of four of those
working in businesses said they “never used scientific-technical results
obtained by national scientific research institutions and higher educational
institutions” in their work. And even those who said they did overwhelmingly
indicated that they used only the finished products of research and development
rather than being involved in the process as is typical of businesses and
academic institutions elsewhere.
According to scholars at the institute,
“the rapprochement of science and business” is blocked by the lack of money and
the resulting risks of making any change, testimony, the scholars say, to “the
difficult financial situation of the enterprises and the national economy as a
whole.”
In addition, the scholars said, this
lack of cooperation reflected “an insufficient evel of preparation of
scientific-technical results for practical application, the high level of
competition from foreign products, the lack of qualified cadres, and the
underdevelopment of innovation infrastructure.”
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