Towards the Issue about Evaluation of Demand for R&D Results by the Real Economy and Social Sphere

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to allocate approaches for assessing the demand for domestic technologies created using the results of research and development for the real sector of the economy and social sectors. The paper employs theoretical methods: systematic approach, comparative and incomparable analysis, synthesis, abstraction and concretization, structural and functional method. The research is also based on methods morphological analysis, of deductive and inductive analysis of the works of other authors of the research subject. In this paper, the concepts of «real economy» and «social sphere» are defined, a list of components of social infrastructure related to these concepts is established. A composition of indicators for assessment of the demand for research and development results by the real sector of the economy and social sectors has been studied. In conclusion of the article proposes a certain composition of indicators for assessing the demand for research and development results by the real sector of the economy and social sectors, which was tested at the national level for the Russian Federation for the period 2017–2019. To obtain more accurate results, the authors recommend obtaining the necessary statistical information in terms of the demand for R&D in the process of direct interaction with representatives of the real sector of the economy and social sectors. The prepared proposals can be used by the federal executive authorities in the development of program activities of the National Project “Science and Universities” and in implementing other measures within the framework of the public science and innovation policy in the Russian Federation.