Features of formation of «developmental institutions» in Russia: a case of the Siberian regions

The article is devoted to the features of the process of “developmental institutions†formation in the Siberian regions. The importance of the institutional environment and informal personalized connections affect its formation is articulated. The research is carried out according to the methodological base of public choice theory, especially — economics of bureaucracy, and the concept of D. North. Functional roles, which “developmental institutions†are performed in the Siberian regions, are disclosed: “affiliate†of the regional administration under its full organizational and financial control; “independent agent†, which expresses the interests of academic science and small innovative business; “subdivision†of federal innovative structure that promotes commercialization of innovations in the region; “conductor†of the federal level big business interests that favor large-scale projects realization in the region. As a result, different combinations of the elements of the institutional environment and informal personalized connections between subjects, who are involved in the process of “developmental institutions†formation in the Siberian regions, determine further success or “failure†of these organizational-economic structures.