JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, vol.1, no.12, pp.413-419, 2019 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
In the current economic situation, at a time of limited resources and
opportunities, as well as the number and severity of unresolved social and economic
problems, the possibility of using the theory of "growth poles" is
increasingly relevant. "Growth poles" ("points of economic
growth") are agglomerations of enterprises, productions concentrated
territorially and allocated by intensive innovative processes. Determination of
the most perspective branches of development of regions, levels of development
of branches promote increase of efficiency of strategic planning of the region,
and also specific orientation of investment activity within area. Due to the
limited budget, it is necessary to determine the unstable sectors of the
region, as well as the development prospects characteristic of the region, for
the implementation of support and regulation.
The relevance of the topic
is due to the fact that the formation and effective functioning of "points
of growth" is increasingly approved as one of the key instruments of
regional development policy, as well as the development of individual
territories. The increase in the effectiveness of the measures proposed by the
government, as well as the formation of an effective investment policy
contributes to a clear definition of the main promising sectors of the regions,
i.e. the "growth poles" of the regions.
Determining the goal of
creating a pole of competitiveness is the key to its further effective
development. The pole of competitiveness is aimed not only at the development
of enterprises and companies included in it, but also at the comprehensive
development of the territory in which it is located. Clearly defined boundaries
of creating a pole of competitiveness allow us to determine the structures that
will control its activities. Lack of control often leads to inappropriate and
inefficient public financing and hinders the development of the competitiveness
pole.
In the work considered two
methods for determining the major growth poles: the first approach is based on
the basis of determining the competitiveness of industries, the second approach
is characterized by the determination of the structural elasticity of
production in the region.
Main results: the concept
of "growth poles" for the region is characterized, as well as the
algorithm for determining the promising growth poles is considered, the main
promising industries are identified, as well as the level of development of
each of the industries at the present time, the model of unique competencies of
the region is presented, which will allow to identify interregional poles of
competitiveness growth and develop strategies for spatial development of the
region.
The main methods used in
writing the work are: comparative analysis, monitoring, historical and
political science, the method of constructing scenarios, correlation and
regression analysis.
Keywords: information technology, information, socio-economic
development, region.