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Approaches to Investing in Innovations and Ensuring Ecological Safety in the Regions of Russia: Cluster Analysis

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Advances in Natural, Human-Made, and Coupled Human-Natural Systems Research

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The research aims to identify the fundamental approaches of different groups of regions to investing in innovation and improving environmental security to achieve sustainable development goals. We used Ward’s Hierarchical Clustering method to classify the regions performed in the IBM SPSS Statistics program. We obtained the data for the study of 58 Russian regions from the database of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation, n.d.). Besides, we selected the following indicators: (1) the share of organizations that implemented innovations increasing ecological security in the production of goods, works, and services (in six areas); (2) the share of organizations that implemented organizational innovations; (3) the cost of technological innovation of organizations; (3) special costs associated with ecological innovations; and (4) the volume of innovative goods, works, and services. The research results showed that the regions were grouped into five clusters. Each cluster has its particular approach to solving ecological security issues, considering (1) the level of activity of organizations in the ecological field of the region; and (2) innovative investment costs in certain areas of reducing the negative impact on the environment. It is necessary to conduct a comparative analysis of the regions within each cluster to (1) disclose the regional policy of ecological regulation, (2) determine the level of development of innovative projects, (3) compare the level of implementation of ecological and technological innovations in industries with associated costs, and (4) identify the presence of monotowns in the regions. This analysis will allow us to identify the obstacles to implementing sustainable strategies in the regions and assess the innovation processes in the region in terms of the cost effect.

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    Ekaterina V. Tsenina

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Tsenina, E.V., Voronina, V.M. (2023). Approaches to Investing in Innovations and Ensuring Ecological Safety in the Regions of Russia: Cluster Analysis. In: Maximova, S.G., Raikin, R.I., Chibilev, A.A., Silantyeva, M.M. (eds) Advances in Natural, Human-Made, and Coupled Human-Natural Systems Research. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 252. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78105-7_41

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