Аннотация:The aim of this article is to examine integration processes taking place
in knowledge-intensive sectors of the modern Russian economy
in terms of their history and to evaluate them using methods of
economic analysis. The article identifies three phases of development
of knowledge-intensive sectors of the Russian economy: the Soviet
phase, the phase of transformation (from the early 1990s to mid-
2000s) and the present one, which can be roughly described as a
quasi-nationalization phase. Furthermore, the authors of the article
discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the Soviet experience in
managing high-tech industries; analyse typical mistakes, which were
made during the privatization of knowledge-intensive enterprises and
their consequences for the Russian economy and reveal the main
problems and risks associated with the policy of creating tightly
integrated multi-tiered structures, which stay under control of the
state. The article presents figures describing changes in financial
indicators relating to a number of integrated structures in high-tech
industries.