Creative sector of Moscow economy. Trends and directions of development

Intensive development of the creative sector of the world economy, strengthening of infrastructural, financial and consulting support for creative industries in world megalopolises made it necessary to analyze the current state of the creative sector in Russia to identify opportunities for its development on the basis of studying foreign experience while preserving the existing centuries-old traditions. It is necessary to analyze the main indicators of the industry, search for benchmarking bases for further comparative studies, identify criteria for evaluating creative industries and change the methodology for collecting statistical reports in order to identify potential opportunities for increasing the efficiency of the industry and improving its infrastructure support. The above tasks formed the basis of the study, the main results of which are presented in the article. The research was exploratory by nature and the research methods were the general scientific – analysis and synthesis, deduction, induction, comparison and contrastive analysis – and the applied methods, in particular, statistical analysis of data. In the course of the study the author carried out a benchmarking analysis of the development of creative industries in Germany as well as an analysis of statistical data characterizing the development of creative industries in Moscow. She also identified the specifics and distinctive features of the development of the industry in Moscow and the current state of an infrastructure support. The article proposes the directions of improving the infrastructure of support, financial and material stimulation of the development of creative industries in Moscow, statistical accounting of data characterizing the industry, advanced training of employees of creative industries and increasing the competitiveness of the industry in the world market.