Development of an integrated system of indicators for monitoring the innovation activity of defense-industrial enterprises

About the author:

Vladimir M. Dolgov, Applicant, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
blade.dv1@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6257-5024

Abstract:

In the context of growing geopolitical and technological challenges, the importance of innovation development in defense-industrial complex (DIC) enterprises increases as a foundation for technological sovereignty and national economic resilience. This article examines the theoretical and methodological aspects of monitoring innovation activity in DIC enterprises, identifying the limitations of existing approaches based on fragmented and unstructured indicators. Considering the specific features of the sector — such as a high share of state contracts, classified development conditions, and the strategic priorities of import substitution and digitalization — the need to develop an integrated indicator system is substantiated. The aim of the study is to build a multi-level model for comprehensive assessment of innovation activity. The proposed system includes indicators of digital maturity, scientific, and technical output, and the level of localization of technologies. The article outlines principles for aggregating these indicators into an integral index. The practical application of this system can improve the quality of managerial decisions aimed at strengthening innovation capacity and technological independence in the DIC. Conclusions are drawn about the prospects of integrating such monitoring tools into the digital management framework of industry enterprises.

References:

Bersteneva, V. G. (2020). Innovation clusters to strengthen the scientific and technological potential of the Russian defense industry. Applied Economic Research, 2(36). Retrieved May 24, 2025, from https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/innovatsionnye-klastery-dlya-ukrepleniya-nauchno-tehnologicheskogo-potentsiala-opk-rossii [In Russian]

Vlaskin, G. A. (2019). Diversification of the defense industry as a priority direction in building high-tech domestic industry. Bulletin of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, (5). Retrieved May 24, 2025, from https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/diversifikatsiya-opk-kak-prioritetnoe-napravlenie-postroeniya-vysokotehnologichnoy-otechestvennoy-promyshlennosti [In Russian]

Volkov, A. T. (2017). Criteria for evaluating innovation activity and challenges in defining it. Economics of Science, 3(4), 240–249. Retrieved from https://ecna.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/103/100 [In Russian]

Volkova, N. N., & Romanyuk, E. I. (2022). Assessment of changes in the Russian regions’ aggregated innovation index. Bulletin of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, (3). Retrieved May 24, 2025, from https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/analiz-izmeneniy-agregirovannogo-innovatsionnogo-indeksa-rossiyskih-regionov [In Russian]

Goraeva, T. Y., & Shamina, L. K. (2015). Monitoring and assessment technique of innovative activity of an enterprise. π-Economy, 3(221). Retrieved May 24, 2025, from https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/metodika-monitoringa-i-otsenki-innovatsionnoy-deyatelnosti-predpriyatiya [In Russian]

Guryanov, A. V., Zharinov, I. O., Zharinov, O. O., & Nechaev, V. A. (2024). Improving the economic security of the Russian military-industrial complex on the basis of ensuring technological sovereignty. Technical and Technological Problems of the Service, 1(67). Retrieved May 24, 2025, from https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/povyshenie-ekonomicheskoy-bezopasnosti-oboronno-promyshlennogo-kompleksa-rossii-na-osnove-obespecheniya-tehnologicheskogo [In Russian]

Dolgov, V. M. (2021). Digitalization of business processes in defense-industrial enterprises: Problems and prospects for implementation. St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University Journal. Economics, (3), 1–6. [In Russian]

Dolgov, V. M. (2025). Developing an approach to comprehensive assessment of import substitution in the defense-industrial complex in the context of national security. In Fundamental and Applied Research in Management, Economics, and Trade: Proceedings of the All-Russian Scientific-Practical and Educational-Methodological Conference. Saint Petersburg: POLITEKH-PRESS. [In Russian]

Dolgov, V. M., Viktorova, N. G., & Dolgov, A. M. (2022). Import independence of the defense-industrial complex: Risks of sanctions and prospects for import substitution. Economics and Management: Scientific and Practical Journal, (4), 5–14. [In Russian]

Zharinov, I. O. (2023). Scenarios of modernization and digital reindustrialization of state defense corporations. Izvestia of the St. Petersburg State University of Economics, 1(139). Retrieved May 24, 2025, from https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/stsenarii-modernizatsii-i-tsifrovoy-reindustrializatsii-gosudarstvennyh-korporatsiy-opk

Lyapina, S. Y., & Ustich, D. P. (2014). Monitoring of Implementation of Innovation Development Programs at Large Russian Enterprises. Pero. Retrieved from https://publications.hse.ru/pubs/share/folder/yj6pf3iznr/144194250.pdf

Makarenko, N. O., & Erygina, L. V. (2010). Classification of innovations for defense-industrial enterprises. Strategy for Sustainable Development of Russian Regions, (1). Retrieved May 24, 2025, from https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/klassifikatsiya-innovatsiy-dlya-predpriyatiy-oboronno-promyshlennogo-kompleksa

Pogoreltsev, A. S., & Salimyanova, I. G. (2022). Features of assessing the digital maturity of organizations. Izvestia of the St. Petersburg State University of Economics, 5–2(137). Retrieved May 24, 2025, from https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/osobennosti-otsenki-tsifrovoy-zrelosti-organizatsiy

Sobolev, A. D. (2025). Tools for assessing the digital maturity of an organization. Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series: Economics and Law, (1). Retrieved May 24, 2025, from https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/instrumentariy-otsenki-tsifrovoy-zrelosti-organizatsii

Soroka, D. O., Gorkaltsev, V. S., & Karlova, T. V. (2023). Assessing the digital maturity of an enterprise as an important factor in the digital transformation. Automation and Modeling in Design and Management, 3(21), 80–88. Retrieved from https://naukaru.ru/ru/nauka/article/69947/view

Sukhanova, I. F., & Lyavina, M. Y. (2014). Import substitution as a factor of regional economic growth. Bulletin of Volgograd State University. Economics, (5). Retrieved May 24, 2025, from https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/importozameschenie-kak-faktor-rosta-regionalnoy-ekonomiki

Trofimov, O. V., & Saakyan, A. G. (2022). Import substitution policy at defense-industrial enterprises of Russia. Bulletin of N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod. Series: Social Sciences, 3(67). Retrieved May 24, 2025, from https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/politika-importozamescheniya-na-predpriyatiyah-oboronno-promyshlennogo-kompleksa-rossii