Belarusian research potential and innovation dynamics.

Anna Senko, professor of the Chair of regional development management, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus, Doctor of Economic Sciences, professor.
Summary.
The article deals with the problems of the national economic science potential formation and its use purposed at the gaining the competitive advantages. The author focuses on the theoretical and methodological aspects of the research potential assessment. He summarizes the foreign practice of its being used to raise the regional innovative and economic activity. It was suggested to use the innovation dynamics advance indicator to justify the priorities of the investment to the economic structures development projects.
Key words: scientific potential, competitiveness, innovation dynamics, factors of innovation, innovation activity indicators, level of regional innovativeness.
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