Formation of innovation and investment development directions of the Samara Region systemic enterprises
The article discusses the directions of innovation and investment development of the strategic, system-forming, enterprises of the Samara Region, which were determined on the basis of an analysis of information about the real situation (20182020) and the planned future (from 2021), obtained as a result of a questionnaire survey of managers about the directions of investment, criteria for making investment decisions, as well as the strategic goals of investment plans. The analysis of investment directions was carried out, on the basis of which the types of investment activity of enterprises were identified as active, proactive and passive. Criteria for making investment decisions are considered, on the basis of which the types of investment behavior of enterprises were divided into leader behavior associated with the economic justification of investment decisions, and follower behavior characterized by an empirical decision rule. The average values of the investment projects characteristics the payback period of investments, the excess of the rate of return over the loan rate, and the discount rate required for making a decision on investment, as well as the volumes of investment projects in different periods are given. On the basis of the investment objectives considered, three types of strategies of system-forming enterprises are formulated: aggressive, moderate and conservative. Based on the analysis of the results of the survey, the features of innovative activity, as well as the directions and prerequisites for the innovative development of the Samara Region strategic enterprises are determined.