Interrelation of innovation activity factors on the example of Russian regions

The paper investigates the relationship between the factors of innovation activity, which determine to the greatest extent the scale of innovation product diffusion in regional markets. These factors are identified based on the training of linear regression and random forest models, for which the data of the Federal State Statistics Service for the period from 2000 to 2020 are used. Different ratios of factors allow us to identify innovative strategies and the regions most committed to them. In addition, the paper conducts trajectories of the regions' movement depending on the dynamics of the factors' change over time. It also considers the mutual influence of the highlighted main indicators on other characteristics of the innovation process at the regional level.