Scientific and Technological Industrial Cluster as Development Potential for the Future Economy

In the current economic conditions, the cluster approach is relevant, since the most important advantages of clusters are their dynamism, flexibility and adaptability to changing market conditions. Clustering is important in the field of scientific and technological sphere in the industrial production. The research purpose is to develop methodological foundations for the formation of an integrated organizational scientific and technological system in an industrial cluster. The authors identify some limitations for increasing the competitiveness of clusters in Russia, namely, there is a lack of organizational inter-subject cooperation ties and structural elements. The authors have developed an improved integrated model of a cluster as a scientific and technological system in the industrial production, consisting of ordered infrastructures. It is proposed, in addition to the existing basic subsystems, to include a complementary subsystem and a development mechanism. The functional tasks of each component of the cluster are outlined, where a special role is assigned to a coordination center, which performs the function of monitoring the subjects, their interactions and needs, which will allow building optimal value chains for consumers and forming portfolios of relationships between the subjects of the cluster. Work on clusters confirmed the dominant position characteristic of the new economy through the advanced creation of high-level scientific and technological systems. The scientific results of the study complement and expand the theoretical and practical significance of scientific and technological cluster structures in the industrial production to improve their competitiveness.