The innovation-entrepreneurial ecosystem toolkit for rural territories: integral assessment methodology and a cluster approach to sustainable development management

Vasilii Erokhin, Maxim Vasilyevich Chernyaev · 2026 · Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Summary. This study develops and tests a methodology for assessing rural territorial sustainability across five dimensions: economy, society, ecology, institutions, and innovation. Using 25 indicators applied to 26 municipal districts in Russia's Stavropol Krai from 2014–2023, the authors classified territories into four clusters: developing, stable, unstable, and crisis. They propose a six-stage organizational-economic mechanism and differentiated policy interventions based on the Quintuple Helix model to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship as drivers of rural resilience.

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  author  = {Vasilii Erokhin and Maxim Vasilyevich Chernyaev},
  journal = {Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship},
  year    = {2026},
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  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-026-00673-2}
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DOI

10.1186/s13731-026-00673-2

Countries

Russia

Regions

Europe

Categories

entrepreneurship, regional-innovation-systems, policy, general-innovation

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2026-08-01