Экономические науки / 15.Государственное регулирование экономики

К.э.н. Хаирова Э.А.

РВУЗ «КИПУ»

SPECIFICITY OF THE NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM IN JAPAN

In modern conditions the world economy is in the permanent process of dynamic development. Defining role in this belongs to the innovation processes that affect both the development of individual States and the world economy as a whole. In this context, the urgent problem of substantiation of domination of innovative processes in the formation of a competitive innovative economy of the state. In the economic literature, depending on the intensity of regulation of innovation policy, there are two models: active (North American, Western European and Japanese-East Asian types of policy) and passive (innovation policy in Latin America, and the 90-ies of XX century - and post-Soviet (including Ukraine), the Central European post-socialist countries). In this regard, special importance is the analysis of foreign experience of innovative development, to adapt the most effective strategies for the formation of effective models of innovation development of Ukraine.

 In States with different levels of economic development are formed innovation system significantly differ the principles of organization and implementation of state policy, incentive mechanisms. National innovation system is a set of interrelated organizations (structures) , on the one hand, dealing with the production and commercial realization of scientific knowledge and technologies within national borders; on the other hand is a complex legal, financial and social nature, which provide innovative processes and are based on national customs, traditions, political and cultural peculiarities of the country [1, p.9-10].

A distinctive feature of the innovative model of the Asian countries is the use of borrowings strategy, with a permanent stage-by-stage growth of own scientific and technological potential, and an export-oriented high-tech products.

The formation of national innovation system in Japan has its own unique features and is inseparably connected with the mentality of the nation. Concept of scientific and technological development was the basis of the strategy of economic development of the country. The definition of scientific and technical progress as the dominant factor of economic growth, assumed the reorientation of the entire system of state regulation. In particular, it was assumed increases in public R & d expenditures to the level of 3.5 %. The strategy of the state defines the strategy of development of economic agents, especially large corporations, implementing innovative type of growth and improvement in the competitive position.

A specific feature of the Japanese economy is its gradual structural change towards increasing of performance. Model of economic growth of Japan based primarily on the increase in the role of high-tech industries, advanced upgrading of a social production, deepening of Informatization of a society based on application of advanced achievements. Through direct and indirect instruments of the national policy is implemented selective strategy of innovation and economic development. It is selective approach to support and incentives for selected industries and individual production of high-tech nature determines the peculiarity of Japanese innovation policy.

The innovation process in Japan is aimed at the cooperation between corporations in R & d, based on clearly-established system of organization of the entire innovation process and provides high efficiency of research activities and intensification of innovative development. Cooperation of private companies takes place with the initial stages of the innovation cycle (fundamental research and applied developments). Thus, the Japanese model of the innovation process involves: the emergence of innovations in various cooperation forms, spreading on large companies, and then through an extensive network of small companies at the lowest levels. The effectiveness of the Japanese model of innovation development is confirmed by achieving a high level of economic development of the state.

Gradually the policy of borrowing advanced results STP was replaced by a policy of expansion of own scientific and technical potential, contributing to the increase in funding R & d, improvement of innovation infrastructure, the intensification of the protection of intellectual property rights, increase research capacity. According to research conducted by the American non-profit research organization Memorial Institute Battel (Battelle Memoria lInstitute) and R&D magazine, in recent years, expenditure on R & d in Japan amounted to 3.5 % of GDP, the country is the leader on this indicator in the world. In the overall distribution of expenditure on R & d in the world, Japan's share is about 12,5%[2].

A distinctive feature of the national innovation system in Japan today is export orientation in the high-tech sphere. The predominant form of innovation infrastructure are areas of high technologies technoparks. Through the effective use of its specific model of innovation development, Japan has held the position of world leader in the production of high-tech products, have reached a high level of competitiveness on the world market and stable economic growth.

 

Literature

1.     Десять шагов навстречу инновациям (консультационный сборник). – Министерство экономики Автономной Республики Крым. - 2008. – 110с.

2.     Global R&D Funding Forecast 2012// [Электронныйресурс]. – Режим доступа: http://www.rdmag.com