Improvement of mechanisms for intellectual property management in overarching universities

The article features materials from research on intellectual property management mechanisms at the Russian universities with different status: participants of 5-100 Project, federal universities, national research universities, classical universities from Privolzhsk Federal Area, pillar universities. Modern development stage of higher education system in the Russian Federation is characterized by strengthening influence of regional development trends on the functioning of regional universities, their interaction with regional innovation systems actors including aspects related to forming non material assets. The aim of this research article is to evaluate the efficacy of intellectual property management mechanisms at the universities on the basis of benchmarking analysis using the data form university efficacy monitoring of 2013-2016. According to research results the authors managed to identify problem areas decreasing the efficacy of intellectual property management inside university groups under research. According to the research results in 201571% of universities participating in 5-100, did not get income of using intellectual property; 70 % of Federal universities; 79% of classical universities, 69% of national research institutions; 91% of pillar universities. In 20154 out of 21 (19 %) Federal university participating in 5-100 and 5 out of 11 (45 %) of pillar universities had no license agreements. There is no evident growth of research staff increase at pillar universities. Research conducted by the authors does not claim presenting a full picture of all potential pillar universities as it covers only 2015 winners. At the same time it allows for forming the main principles of upgrading the efficacy of intellectual property management at the pillar universities. The novelty and original character of the article are determined by the following factors: a) new task (improvement of intellectual property management mechanisms at the university on the basis of supra-university resources, including regional levels of innovation activities management); b) suggested approach to solving this task by summing up best practices of process and project management on corporate and regional level; c) suggested conceptual model of regional standard of intellectual property management. Practical importance of the research is determined by the fact that university managers get a mechanism for improving intellectual property management mechanism which should be supported by the development of process management mechanisms development (for designing and streamlining intellectual property management process at the university), forming project oriented system at the university (for improving project activities efficacy), introduction of value oriented management mechanisms (with the aim of the optimal use of human capital in the region and at the university), developing mechanisms of interaction with actors of regional innovation systems (with the aim of maximal use of regional innovation and economic systems potential). The article is an attempt to evaluate the efficacy of intellectual property management mechanisms at the university and define ways of improving them. It can be of interest for researchers analyzing higher education system in the context of improving approaches to innovation activities management.