Автор: Avilova V. V.
In the tutorial examines the concept of competition, discusses the mecha-nisms of management and functioning of clusters as one of the effective methods to achieve competitiveness. The experience of creation of industrial clusters in Russia and abroad. In the petrochemical industry, the process of clustering define the strat-egy of development of the industry. The emphasis is on the analysis of the TRANS-Kama innovation cluster, which determines the development strategy of the petro-chemical industry of the Republic of Tatarstan.