Vestnik Samarskogo universiteta. Ekonomika i upravlenie Vestnik of Samara University. Economics and ManagementVestnik Samarskogo universiteta. Ekonomika i upravlenie Vestnik of Samara University. Economics and Management2542-04612782-3008Samara National Research University994510.18287/2542-0461-2021-12-4-50-56Research ArticleInnovative component of the socio-economic system of the regionSmolkinValery P.<p>Candidate of Economic Sciences, associate professor, associate professor <br />of the Department of Pedagogy of Professional Education and Social Activities</p>surap99@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2893-6084Ulyanovsk State University3012202112450563012202130122021Copyright © 2021, Vestnik of Samara University. Economics and Management2021<p>The article discusses innovative activities carried out and projected in the socio-economic system of the region. The author discloses the content of the term region, as well as the features and principles of separation of structural objects of the region. An author's clarification of the definition of the region is proposed. The article analyzes various points of view of the region as a set of subsystems of controls. In the enlarged version, the region is presented as three subsystems: environmental, economic and social. The author examines and analyses the term "regional economy". The possible equality of the concepts of region and subject of the Russian Federation is being considered. The rationale for the concept of the region as a socio-economic system is given. A model of the socio-economic system of the region is proposed. The mission of the region is justified as a social subsystem aimed at solving social problems and improving the standard of living of the population of the region, which has a decisive impact on development, without the participation of which any transformation of any direction is impossible. A clarification of the interpretation of the concept socio-economic systems is proposed. In the article, innovative directions for the development of regions as socio-economic systems, emphasizing the intensification of strategic management of human resources (capital) in order to increase the standard of living of its population due to the improvement of the social sphere and, first of all, health care and education. The author proposes specific measures in the territorial labor market to stabilize the tense situation at the expense of the region's own funds.</p>innovationregionsubject of the Russian Federationsocio-economic systemlabor markethuman resourceshuman capitalинновациирегионсубъект РФсоциально-экономическая системарынок трудачеловеческие ресурсычеловеческий капитал[1. Prokhorov A.M. (Ed.) Large encyclopedic dictionary. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. Moscow: Bol'shaia Rossiiskaia entsiklopediia, 2000, 1456 p. (In Russ.)][2. Kibanov A.Ya. Personnel management of the organization. Moscow: Infra-M, 2010, 695 p. Available at: http://74bp.ru/files/book/kibanov.pdf.][3. Belobragin V.Ya. Regional economy: quality problems. Moscow: ASMS, 2001, 282 p. (In Russ.)][4. Sadovsky V.N. Foundations of the general theory of systems. Moscow: Nauka, 1974, 279 p. Available at: http://systems-analysis.ru/assets/systems_theory_sadovsky.pdf.][5. Nekrasov N.N. Regional economy. Theory, problems, methods. Moscow: Ekonomika, 1978, 340 p. (In Russ.)][6. Tatarkin A.I., Animitsa E.G. Formation of the paradigm theory of regional economy. Economy of Regions, 2012, no. 3, pp. 11–21. Available at: http://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/formirovanie-paradigmalnoy-teorii-regionalnoy-ekonomiki/viewer. (In Russ.)][7. Medvedev D.A. Russia-2024: the strategy of social and economic development. Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2018, no. 10, pp. 5–28. DOI: http://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2018-10-5-28. (In Russ.)][8. Yakishin Yu.V. Management of the regional economy in the unstable environment. Vestnik of Samara State University of Economics, 2019, no. 5 (175), pp. 9–16. Available at: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=37730754. (In Russ.)][9. Ackoff R., Emery F. On purposeful systems: translation from English. Ushakov I.A. (Ed.). Moscow: Sov. radio, 1974, 272 p. Available at: http://gtmarket.ru/files/book/Russell_Ackoff_Fred_Emery_On_Purposeful_Systems.pdf. (In Russ.)][10. Uskova T.V. Management of sustainable development of the region: monograph. Vologda: ISERT RAN, 2009, 355 p. Available at: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=19157570; http://os.x-pdf.ru/20ekonomika/273776-1-tv-uskova-upravlenie-ustoychivim-razvitiem-regiona-vologda-2009.php. (In Russ.)][11. Vidyaev I.S. Assessment of the development of the socio-economic system of the region: Candidate's of Eco-nomic sciences thesis. Tomsk, 2011. Available at: http://www.dissercat.com/content/otsenka-razvitiya-sotsialno-ekonomicheskoi-sistemy-regiona.][12. Sokolnik I.V. Relevance of the regional human resources management policy. Vlast' = The Power, 2011, no. 12, pp. 41–44. Available at: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=17216931. (In Russ.)]