Creation of a cluster structure in the bakery industry (Example of the Saratov region)

The development of clusters in Russia involves active participation in the country's economy. These projects require lengthy preparation, including the search for cluster participants, suppliers of raw materials, finding investors, identifying the motivation of enterprises and public authorities to create a cluster structure. It should be noted that when creating clusters, the question arises about the systematization of the stages of its formation, in particular, about the priority of issues related to the search for suppliers and the sales market, appeals to public authorities for support. In the literature, we find confirmation that the functioning of clusters begins with the development and formation of an algorithm. The research question is whether motivational drivers and the cluster creation algorithm are capable of contributing to the better formation of the cluster structure project. The scientific hypothesis of the study is that the algorithm of the cluster structure, the identified motivational drivers will allow you to create a project of a cluster structure (on the example of the Saratov region). The purpose of the study is to develop an algorithm of the cluster structure with the help of a methodological base, to establish motivational drivers and, based on the data obtained, to form the composition of the participants of the cluster structure. The methodological basis was the works of foreign and Russian scientists who studied algorithms, motivational aspects of cluster emergence. Based on the studied data, it was concluded that the process of forming a cluster structure directly depends on the stages of its formation and during the study; the author found that the developed algorithm of the cluster structure allowed systematizing the stages of creating a cluster structure project. Motivational drivers of the cluster structure are established. The obtained algorithm and drivers led the author to the idea of creating an author's model of the cluster structure of the bakery industry (using the example of enterprises of the Saratov region). A promising direction of this research will be the implementation of this project in the baking industry of the Saratov region, and also leads to the possibility of studying the selection of enterprises as participants for the cluster structure.

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