Marina V. Vladyka, Oksana V. Vaganova, Svetlana A. Kucheryavenko, Nadezhda F. Sivtsova, Alexander I. Borodin, Investments as an Accelerator of Regional Innovation Development, International Business Management, Volume 10,Issue 16, 2016, Pages 3438-3442, ISSN 1993-5250, ibm.2016.3438.3442, (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.3438.3442) Abstract: The study studies the role of investment processes in regional innovation development. The analysis of regional investment processes allows to identify main trends and to evaluate possibilities of investing in development of innovation environment. The researchers propose to expand possibilities of investment activities in regional development. The researchers substantiated the correlation between investment policy and innovational regional development. The results of the survey proved the possibility of practical use of indicators of investment policy’s efficiency when developing directions of regional innovation development. Keywords: Investments;investment activity;innovation processes;assessment of the effectiveness of the innovation process;Russia