A USEFUL APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL BRANCH OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM UNION STATE OF BELARUS AND RUSSIA

The article is devoted to the extension of a useful approach to the study of socio-economic processes in the research, scientific and technical branch of the economic system of Belarus and Russia and the Union State created with their participation. It is shown that the traditional cost criteria for the efficiency of the functioning of this industry orient it towards increasing costs while ignoring the resulting utility effect, which leads, on the one hand, to the growing technological backwardness of Belarus and Russia from the leaders of technological progress, and on the other hand, to the aggravation of global problems. civilization. 
The use of useful criteria and performance indicators of research, scientific, technical, and innovative activities is substantiated, which allow taking into account its final beneficial result - improving the structure of GDP in favor of more high-tech types of economic activity. At the same time, indicators are proposed that focus on increasing the useful result from the costs of research and development. It is concluded that these useful criteria and indicators will contribute to the implementation of the technology catch-up strategy and thereby reduce the threat to the technological, economic and national security of the Union State of Belarus and Russia.