Topical issues of state regulation of investment activities in the region (based on the materials of the Vladimir region)

The purpose of the paper is to determine the current problems of regulating investment activity in the region based on the study of the main trends in the development of investment activity of enterprises in the Vladimir region and to develop measures to improve the process of state regulation of investment activity in the region. In the course of the research, the authors used: general scientific methods: comparisons and analogies, analysis and synthesis. As a result of the study of the dynamics of the volume of investments in fixed assets, and the structure of investments in fixed assets by sources of financing, by types of funds and by individual types of economic activity, both positive and negative trends in the implementation of investment activities by enterprises of the Vladimir region are identified. Based on the correlation of profitability, profit and investment volume for certain types of economic activity in the Vladimir region in 2017-2019. The conclusion is made about the lack of stimulation of the investment process of the enterprises of the Vladimir region at the expense of their own sources of financing. In addition, the authors emphasize that improving the state regulation of investment activity in the Vladimir region requires solving problems of a managerial, economic, and informational nature. In this connection, the authors propose a set of measures necessary to increase the investment activity of enterprises in the Vladimir region. The results obtained can be used by the state authorities of the region in the development of investment policy, as well as by specialists studying this issue.