Analysis of the domestic fishing complex shows that the optimal scenario for conducting situational industrial monitoring seems to be organization of control on the basis of a single value chain principle.

To cope with the emerging socio-economic challenges alone, without support of other countries is beyond the power of any state.

Presence of the region in the growing innovation market means an increased need for financial resources for development.

With the advent of games of chance human greed promoted studies of risks and probabilities, which more and more accurately reflected real-life events.

The purpose of a cluster – is successful use of local features to create and enhance the region’s competitiveness.

You cannot go forward if you don’t know what are the strengths and weaknesses of your business and your competitors’ business.

From solving the problem of uneven regional development depends the life of the whole country. The question is how to overcome this inequality, to smooth the historically formed differences.

Shall we have a tax base – and there will be population wellbeing.

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This article provides details of characteristics of the organization and functioning of cooperation between state, industry and science in the science and technology. Special attention is paid by the issues of innovation policy in Japan and its place in the industrial policy in general.