Innovation environment as a key factor in the development of the region's innovative potential

Abstract

Object: The regional innovation environment, as the major factor, is the object of research for the development of innovative potential. Methods: This article uses such research methods as generalization, comparison, systematization and statistical analysis. Results: It is important to reveal regional features, the group of factors that contribute to the development of innovative potential in an innovative environment. The innovation environment is considered from the point of view of the institutional, corporate and educational innovation environment that promotes effective innovation in the region. The basic factors at the micro-, meso-, macro levels that have a positive effect on the development of the region's innovation environment are revealed. The main indicators of innovation activity and dynamics of internal expenditures on research in Kazakhstan for 2015–2019 are analyzed in order to determine the significance of the educational innovation environment. Conclusions: The conclusion is made about the importance of educational, institutional and corporate innovation environments based on the identified activities. The rational use and development of innovative potential is possible only when the studied factors of the innovation environment interact, which will allow us to concentrate all the obvious and hidden opportunities of the region into a single innovation system.