Genesis of Russian Institutes of Developments: Actors, Strategies, Arrangements of Institutional Entrepreneurship

Proclamation of transition to market economy and to the path of innovative development gave rise to some changes in structure and institutions of Russian economy at the end of the 20th century. The creation of Institutes of Development have been chosen as benchmark among different institutional projects by approximately 2005. The goal was to create the necessary infrastructure to stimulate innovative processes and innovative activity of enterprises in Russia, using public-private partnerships. The effective national innovative system was the result: expected. However, number indicators of dynamic demonstrates the absence of rapid growth of innovations in 2005-2017In general, the Russian Institute of Development should have become the drivers of the emergence and formation of NIS, nevertheless empirical and statistical indicators make one believe that the answer to the question remains open: whether the national innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem has developed in Russia and what role of Institute of Development play in it. We assume that lack of indicators of effectiveness is not only the reason of imperfection of Institutes of Development, but rather the individuals’ or social groups’ interests and motivations, since any economic actions is embedded in social relations. In this study, we clarify how the genesis Institutions of Russian Federation has evolved from the early 2000s to the present, identifying key actors, strategies and mechanisms in the logic of institutional entrepreneurship. The solution allows us to answer the question: why the goal was not achieved after 15 years, and why is the quality far from target? In addition, the typology of motives and strategies of institutional entrepreneurs in Russia help to contribute to the study of institutional changes. The overall design of studies is qualitative. The method applies in death-structured interviews with key stakeholders interested in establishing Institutes of Development and the expert community.