V monografii privoditsya obosnovanie kontseptsii klasternogo opornogo karkasa territoriy, v kotoroy v kachestve opornogo elementa ekonomiki rassmatrivayutsya regional'nye klastery, yavlyayushchiesya katalizatorami innovatsionnykh protsessov v regionakh. Na osnove analiza teoreticheskikh aspektov klasternoy teorii ekonomicheskogo razvitiya klastery sistematizirovany po tipam i vidam. Razrabotan instrumentariy proektirovaniya regional'nykh klasterov, obespechivayushchiy sovmestnyy uchet kolichestvennoy i kachestvennoy otsenok vozmozhnostey regionov po formirovaniyu i razvitiyu klasterov. Vydeleny klyuchevye problemy formirovaniya i razvitiya klasterov v regionakh Rossii i predlozhen kompleks meropriyatiy po ikh resheniyu. Monografiya predstavlyaet interes dlya nauchnykh i prakticheskikh rabotnikov, zanimayushchikhsya voprosami upravleniya sotsial'no-ekonomicheskim razvitiem regionov, a takzhe prepodavateley, aspirantov i studentov vuzov, izuchayushchikh problemy regional'noy ekonomiki.