31 Jul 2004

November 2003 - Russian industry and the government are yet unfamiliar with foresight

Center for Strategic Research "North-West"

"...cooperation could be formed using such tools as foresight. Unfortunately, as the chairman of scientific council of FKPI Alexander Dynkin told, Russian industry and the government are yet unfamiliar with it.

Such large companies as “Gazprom” can obtain necessary innovations through R&D financing and support. The mechanism of foresight could become a part that links ”corporate innovative systems” with the general course of the state innovative policy. The partnership of the state and large business should be treated as cooperation in creation and interaction of innovative systems. Such understanding would allow to link the goals and the strategy of the state with the demands of large business, so Russia would get more opportunities to become truly innovative."