Supplement (2015 8) 98-107 ~ ~ ~ УДК 338.24 Approach to Justifi cation of Innovation Policy for Raw-material Regions Anastasiya E. <...> Sevastyanova* Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering of SB RAS 17 Lavrentiev Av., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia Received 15.12.2014, received in revised form 15.01.2015, accepted 16.02.2015 In the past two decade a growing interest in regional innovation systems and regional innovation policy in the world has emerged also. <...> There are huge differences between regions (as well as countries) in such attributes as economic structure, R&D base, institutional set-up and innovation performance. <...> Innovation policy, as well as innovative activities are very different in the central and peripheral, in the old industrial regions and new raw-material regions. <...> So, a technological innovation capability is one of the decisive factors of economic development and competitiveness improvement of regions with raw-material specialization. <...> As a result, raw-material branches abroad are often seen as and serve in practice as “drivers” of socio-economic development. <...> On this basis, some recommendations on the justifi cation of innovation policy for raw-material regions are formulated. <...> Research is supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project №14-18-02345). <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: aseva@ieie.nsc.ru # S 98 # Anastasiya E. <...> Approach to Justifi cation of Innovation Policy for Raw-material Regions Подходы к обоснованию инновационной политики сырьевых регионов А.Е. Севастьянова Институт экономики и организации промышленного производства СО РАН Россия, 630090, Новосибирск, пр. <...> Инновационная политика, как и инновационная деятельность, очень различается в центральных и периферийных, в старых промышленных и новых сырьевых регионах. <...> Так, способность к технологическим инновациям становится одним из решающих факторов экономического развития и повышения конкурентоспособности в регионах с сырьевой специализацией <...>