The problem of absence of methodological approaches in determining the region's industry specialization

The article covers the problem of industry specialization of the region, which is associated with the lack of methodological approaches. The rationale on the matter is given on the example of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The clustering of territory, identifying the industries with the greatest competitive potential, should determine the right industry specialization in the economy regionalization. The result of the research is identification of a new indicators of regional industry specialization. Subject to objectiveness of the results, an economic-mathematical model of the behavior of the industry specialization is supposed to build under various economic conditions.