A Model of Cluster-Modular Development of Passenger Traffic in the Urals Federal District, Russia

Abstract

Clusterization of economy makes it possible to form a comprehensive vision of the national policy on the development of the regional transportation industry, improve its productivity, performance, and competitiveness, provide more opportunities for innovative development, optimize the interaction between a variety of actors of the regional economic development, such as the government, large and small businesses, the academia, and the public. The article demonstrates that the highest regional competitiveness of territories is supported by strong positions of the interacting groups of companies that are created on the basis of cluster forms and models of joint activities. The paper describes economic rationale and advantage of a cluster-modular approach and a system of public-private partnership, proposes a cluster model of transportation business.