SOCIAL & ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Original Paper
UDC 334.7 © T.P. Skufina, E.S. Khatsenko, 2023
ISSN 0041-5790 (Print) • ISSN 2412-8333 (Online) • Ugol’ – Russian Coal Journal, 2023, № 5, pp. 68-71
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18796/0041-5790-2023-5-68-71
Title
TRENDS TOWARDS THE FORMATION OF SOCIAL CLUSTERS IN THE SYSTEM OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMY OF THE ARCTIC ZONE
Authors
Skufina T.P.1, Khatsenko E.S.2
1LuzinInstitute of Economic Problems of the North Federal Research Center "Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Apatity, 184209, Russian Federation
2Youth department of Murmansk regional government, Murmansk, 183038, Russian Federation
Authors Information
Skufina T.P., Doctor of Economics Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher, e-mail: skufina@gmail.com
Khatsenko E.S., PhD (Economics), Associated Professor, Chief, e-mail: egor-mur@bk.ru
Abstract
The paper considers the issues of prerequisites for the formation of social clusters in the system of regional economy. Special attention is paid to the processes of clustering of the social sphere, the dynamics of the development of the non-profit sector of the economy, trends in the development and implementation of new measures to support socially significant initiatives at the regional level. A separate direction in the study is to assess the importance of the formation of social regional clusters as new tools for implementing the strategy of socio-economic development of territories with a predominant share of fuel and energy complex companies. The issue of increment of the theoretical basis of the theory of regional cluster formation in terms of the principles of functioning and development is considered.
Keywords
Social clusters, Fuel and energy cluster, Regional support system, Socially significant initiatives.
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Acknowledgements
The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation Grant No. 19-18-00025.
For citation
Skufina T.P. & Khatsenko E.S.
Trends towards the formation of social clusters in the system of the regional economy of the Arctic zone. Ugol’, 2023, (5), pp. 68-71. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.18796/0041-5790-2023-5-68-71.
Paper info
Received April 6, 2023
Reviewed April 15, 2023
Accepted April 27, 2023
