Innovative potential of CIS countries: global trends and factors of competitiveness

This article treats the actual issues of innovative potential of CIS members in frames of today's global trends. The analysis of main factors of CIS members' competitiveness is made measuring the innovative potential level and dynamics. Main periods of evolution are detected: period of growing lag (1990-2005); period of institutional reforms (2004-2008) and the period of pursuing development (2008 - present time).

innovative potential, open innovations, competitiveness factors, global trends, innovative networks, strategic alliances, innovative clusters, innovative core of CIS