Mechanism for Assessing the Level of Development of the Innovative Environment of the Region

The article presents the results of research on the management of cooperation in the innovative environment of the region. The research, the results of which are presented in the article, is aimed at finding a solution to the problem of assessing the level of development of the innovative environment of the region and the selection of cooperation tools to achieve the best results of innovation activity for companies. The methodological approach has been developed for assessing the level of development of the innovative environment of the region in the context of technological and regional unevenness. A mathematical toolkit is proposed to describe the process of development of the innovative environment of the region. An algorithm for managing cooperation in an innovative environment is described. The results of approbation of the methodological approach on the materials of three regions of the Russian Federation are revealed: the Belgorod region, the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Udmurt Republic. Brief recommendations for the management of cooperation in the innovative environment of the regions are formulated.