These are some of the key findings from a recent comprehensive study by RVC, Russia’s government-owned fund of funds for innovation. The research was aimed at determining the Russians’ values and behavioral settings capable of impacting the development of tech entrepreneurship and the formation of innovation-driven economic sectors.
The results show that the Russian populations are Europe’s most obvious «techno-optimists." For example, half of the polled agreed to the statement that «in future, science and technology will help uncover all the enigmas of Mother Nature," a huge difference from just 27% of the EU citizens answering similar questions in previous polls by EU institutions.
There are 28% of «techno-skeptics» in Russia, though, who do not believe innovation could solve human problems, are sure that novel technologies have no immediate impact on their daily lives, and assert that science and technology cannot give a dramatically new level of knowledge.
The research also looked into the Russian populations’ economic activity, including their attitude towards entrepreneurship and willingness to start entrepreneurial work. The researchers found that 49% never apply innovative strategies to their economic activities, seldom generate and announce ideas that could boost efficiency, and stay away from entrepreneurship.
Only 19%, according to the study, actively apply innovative strategies and are ready for game-changing actions. They either are entrepreneurs already or have plans to start their own business in a near future.
The study was conducted in 2016. Around 6,000 respondents were polled in ten Russian regions.
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http://marchmontnews.com/Technology-Innovation/Central-regions/21746-Russians-view-science-and-techn...
