EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON KNOWLEDGE REPRODUCTION AND QUALIFIED PERSONNEL: GEOECONOMIC ASPECT

The aim of the research is to reveal knowledge reproduction structure and outline a country's behavior strategy that shall be determined in a context of increasing geo-economic rivalry. The study comprehends both theoretical and empirical factors and trends in recent economic dimension transformation, possibilities of state influence on situations associated with knowledge transformation (including education export) into synergy dimension.
Research novelty is linked to economic dimension transformations and country's strategy within geo-economic dimension. A structural change in the world system of knowledge reproduction has been outlined as well as states were clustered in accordance with selected strategies.
Great attention is paid to export of education by leading countries and is often presented as a national goal.
It was concluded that at each stage of the innovation-based development, progress is achieved through effective management of knowledge reproduction where the basic element is qualified personnel training by universities. At the same time, universities are turning into international institutions.
The research is based on methodological basis of economic theory, new trends in institutional and spatial economy. In order to denote this scientific complex the term "geospatial paradigm" was introduced. The main source for statsitical data is the UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030.
It was concluded that both it is a huge challenge to change the landscape of a global innovation dimension for both Russian and European periphery , requiring systematic work on knowledge administration (to strengthen intellectual potential), supporting national schools and basic universities, regulating migration flows of students and academic degree holders (in order to achieve a positive migration " balance ") and knowledge economy development as an integral part of country's innovative system. Intellect devaluation entails a serious systemic risk of falling behind the leading states.