Global innovation gap and quality of education

Global innovation gap is studied. The causes of innovation gap lie in the sphere of arrangement of innovation process in the national level, and first of all, in the conditions of national innovation system. Efficiency of national innovation system depends on congruence of interests of its components and existence of effectual collaborative mechanism. Problems in the Russian innovation system are analyzed and the role of higher professional education in the efficient innovative development is outlined. © 2013 IEEE