METHODOLOGY FOR MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION INVESTMENT PROCESSES TAKING INTO ACCOUNT REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

An important link in the regional ecosystem in innovation and investment development is the IT Park and its regional infrastructure. The IT Park, through its branches and infrastructure elements (coworking, laboratories, education, event zones) in the regions, acts as an institutional mechanism for spreading innovative entrepreneurship to the regions, and in assessing the innovative and investment potential of regions, its result indicators such as the number of residents, export, training, and survival rate of startups are more important than the “existence of an IT Park/technopark”.