CONCEPTUAL PROVISIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINIAN NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM

Abstract

Urgency of the research. In most countries the national innovation system concept (NIS) is used to justify the economic policy content and to aim development at an innovative path as the basic one. Target setting. Тhe theoretical and practical justification question regarding the content of the NIS development concept in Ukraine still remain relevant. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. The conceptual issues of the NIS development in different groups of countries have been studied in the works of prominent foreign and Ukrainian scholars, in particular, by R. D. Atkinson, V. M. Heyets, B. Godina, В. А. Lundvall, L. I. Fedulovoyi, S. Feinson, C. Freeman. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. Article should investigate the existence of differences between the NIS concept in developed and developing countries. The research objective. To analyze the NIS differences of developed and developing countries and to formulate the conceptual provisions for the NIS formation in Ukraine. The statement of basic materials. The article systematizes the existing scientific approaches to the development of national innovation systems (NISs), determines the NIS value for the development of a country. It emphasizes the existence of differences between the NIS concept in developed and developing countries. The article presents the development of basic points of the NIC concept that are the most important to understand its nature. Conclusions. The complexity of the NIS formation causes even some doubts as for the effective implementation of this concept in developing countries. It means that the NIS concept content and a set of tools for implementation requires a clear, scientific justification based on a strategic approach. This longterm strategy of innovative development by improving NIS can be considered the starting point of a state policy in the innovative sphere that will enable a country to develop adequate implementation toolkit and transform it into a legislative framework, targeted and comprehensive development programs.