Abstract
In article the main components of the innovation economy are defined, each of which reaches competitive level by world criteria: first of all it is the innovation potential; institutional innovation system; the innovation infrastructure and highly organizational forms of interaction of economic subjects, including the innovation centers, clusters, venture business and others. Results of a research of the innovation processes in cross-border territories of Russia and Kazakhstan, the problems constraining development of the innovation economy, a form and mechanisms of development of the innovation economies of the countries are presented. Scientific justification is given to creation International it is innovative — production consortium “R&IID” of the countries of participants of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), the first results of its activity, an action for further development of cooperation are shown and the expected results of introduction of a new paradigm of management of innovative processes — “business models of open innovations’ and technologies of “innovative engineering” are proved.