Assessment Methodology Of The Clusters’ Effectiveness Impact On The Region Innovation Stability

Table 1: System for evaluating the effectiveness of cluster activities (compiled by the authors)

Criterion of the cluster activities effectiveness assessment	Factors that influence criterion of the cluster activities effectiveness assessment	Influence coefficient on the criterion ( $К f$ )	Assessment method
1. Presence of competitive enterprises-participants of the created cluster ( $M_{1}$ )
${K f}_{1}$ –number of SME entities that are members of territorial clusters	indicator that characterizes the increase in the number of small or medium-sized businesses in the cluster	0.4	Indicator that shows the number of SME entities - members of the cluster
${K f}_{2}$ – influence of the cluster member enterprises on the region's industry	indicator showing the occupied market share	0.5	Indicator showing the private share from the total volume of goods (products) and services produced in this industry
${K f}_{3}$ – status of the cluster member enterprises in the industry	indicator that characterizes the level of business activity of enterprises participating in the cluster; an indicator that reflects the accumulated experience of functioning of enterprises participating in the cluster	0.1	Authors’ (subjective) assessment
2. Growth of the industry economic indicators ( $M_{2}$ )
${K f}_{4}$ – total volume of work and services	indicator reflecting the growth of the share of total volume of work and services at enterprises participating in the cluster formation in the total volume of work in the industry	0.4	Indicator showing the total volume of work and services produced by enterprises participating in the cluster
${K f}_{5}$ – number of people employed in the industry	indicator that reflects the growth of the share of the number of employees of the enterprises participating in the cluster, in the total number of employees in the functioning industry; indicator that shows the number of jobs created during the year of operation	0.3	Number of people employed at the enterprises participating in the cluster
${K f}_{6}$ – volume of investments in fixed capital	indicator that reflects the renewal of basic production assets of enterprises participating in the cluster; an indicator that reflects an increase in the volume of investments in the region under consideration	0.3	Assessment includes an indicator that reflects an increase in investments
3. Development and implementation of innovative projects ( $M_{3}$ )
${K f}_{7}$ – indicator that shows the degree of innovation in the industry	indicator of the growth in the number of innovations introduced in the industry after the creation of the cluster; the creation and implementation of new generation technologies	0.5	Assessment of the activity of the cluster structure, including participating enterprises.
${K f}_{8}$ – -introduction of new generation technologies	indicator that characterizes the availability of resources for the introduction of nano-technologies	0.5	Assessment that allows you to determine the availability of the necessary infrastructure for the creation and development of nano-technologies
4 The presence of connections and interaction among the enterprises participating in the cluster ( $М_{4}$ )
${K f}_{9}$ – access to a more modern (new) level of management	ability of the heads of enterprises participating in the cluster to reach a higher level of management	0.3	Subjective (author's) assessment
${K f}_{10}$ – creating the infrastructure necessary for the development of the cluster	indicator reflecting the possibility of creating the necessary infrastructure for a more successful functioning of the cluster formation	0.3	Subjective (author’s) assessment
${K f}_{11}$ – level of cooperation	ability of the entity to achieve the required level of cooperation	0.4	Subjective (author’s) assessment
5 Geographical proximity of cluster members ( $M_{5}$ )
${K f}_{12}$ – territorial proximity of the enterprises participating in the cluster	indicator that reflects the geographical location of the enterprises participating in the cluster	1	Indicator that allows you to assess the proximity of the location

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