Published: 15 June 2016
Purpose. The purpose of the article is to define a rational path to technological modernization of the Russian economy. Methods. The author carried out a study of the theoretical and methodological framework, used methods of comparative analysis, synthesis, assessed socio-economic phenomena. Results. The author analyzed the two concepts in the technological development of the Russian economy. The first concept appeals to abandon large-scale industrialization and develop only the latest technology breakthroughs of the sixth technological mode. The second concept is indicative of the extraordinary significance of new industrialization in the development of the Russian economy. The author also identified strengths and weaknesses of both concepts and offered an optimum variant of the technological development of the economy. Scientific novelty. The author justified the impossibility of implementing technological jerks from the dominant fourth mode to the sixth technological one in the absence of strong industrial platform.
