| Participant |
Opportunities |
Risks |
| Government |
1. Creation of a flexible cluster-network organization that allows self-adaptation to the continuous change of technologies and sharply increased uncertainty.2. Stimulating innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises.3. Development of inter-cluster cooperation in order to form new innovative sectors of the economy.4. Cost reduction through the introduction of a cluster model of self-organization of regions.5. Development of cross-border intercluster relations.6. Improving the efficiency of spending public funds through integrated project subsidies. |
1. Fragmentation of the economy at the interregional, interindustrial and inter-firm levels.2. Monopolization of markets.3. Inaccurate assessment of the effectiveness of the cluster policy of the regions.4. The formation of clusters exclusively for obtaining federal support. |
| Region |
1. Attracting new companies to the region and developing new sectors of the economy.2. Inflow of direct and indirect investments.3. Increase of tax revenues to the budget.4. Reduction of transaction costs.5. Formation of regional value chains.6. Using the potential of associations in which the emergence of a “triple helix” is possible.7. Positioning.8. Promotion of cluster’s products in domestic and foreign markets. |
1. Weak partner networks and lack of skills in developing horizontal ties.2. Reliance on regional budgets and benefits of special territories.3. Temporary participation of subjects in the cluster only to attract budget funds.4. Federal support only for fast-growing clusters-leaders. |
| Small business |
1. Promotion of small companies to national and global markets.2. Receiving tax deductions and benefits.3. Establishment of network interaction with innovative companies and scientific and technological centers. |
1. Focus on large business.2. The influence of large companies in making decisions about the cluster development strategy.3. Lack of intermediate investment demand.4. Limitation of financing for specific projects.5. Prioritization of economic sectors for promotion (the cluster’s idea focuses on the high-tech sector). |
| Large business |
1. Attracting small innovative enterprises as contractors.2. Receiving tax deductions and benefits.3. Access to highly qualified researchers on outsourcing within the framework of project activities. |
1. Lack of potential of final consumer demand.2. The need to sponsor cluster activities. |
| Science and Education |
1. Obtaining funding for research.2. Creation of joint educational programs with industrial partners, practical orientation of education.3. Approbation of scientific developments.4. Commercialization of the results of scientific activity |
1. The possibility of leakage of the results of intellectual activity.2. Lack of material incentives for the development of innovative activities for the university’s staff.3. Implementation of the idea of the "triple helix" nominally. |
