Identification and analysis of instrument industry cluster on the territory of the Russian Federation

Abstract

In this paper the role of clusters in industrial policy of regions is regarded. The main approaches to the identification of industrial clusters have been analyzed and the reasoning of the use of these approaches' tools has been given by the example of the instrumentation industry cluster of Saint Petersburg. The results of the formation of the cluster structure of instrument industry by the types of economic activity have been presented. The structure of the instrument industry cluster has been analyzed. The results of the calculation of the cluster forces by the statistics of employment in the territory of Russia have been presented. The peculiarities of the structure of the Russian instrument industry cluster have been formulated and regions of its localization have been defined.