Issues of Vologda oblast industry development in 2017

The article presents key results of the annual survey of heads of Vologda Oblast industrial enterprises, conducted by the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science “Vologda Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences” since 1993 and addressed to the main regional producers. The current research stage was carried out in the first half of 2018, the sample size was 220 industrial enterprises - the largest players in relevant industries of the region. 54 respondents participated in the survey directly. The work is aimed at determining a current state of the industry as one of the key sectors in regional economy. We paid special attention to investment and innovation aspects and institutional environment impact on development of the industrial segment and quality of interaction between its subjects and regional authorities. Accordingly, the Vologda Oblast industrial enterprises are a research object and the results of their economic activity are a subject. The information base consists of the data from questionnaires and domestic scientists' works devoted to the functioning of enterprises and a nature of emerging problems in the industry and the development of promising areas of industrial growth stabilization and activation...