Abstract
The article examines the strategic experience of introducing smart specialization in Ukraine using the methods of strategic analysis, financial analysis, generalization, statistics, critical thinking. It has been proved that the state priorities of Ukraine's strategic development have changed. The concept of providing state aid to industries that cannot withstand competition has been changed to the concept of identifying specialized functional areas based on the principles of reasonableness, sustainability and inclusiveness of development, the ability to integrate into value chains of world markets. The above more locally meets the requirements of the competitive environment, minimizes the risks of scattered financing, increases the level of effectiveness of strategic planning, innovative and technological development of the state as a whole. The inconsistency of the state and regional strategic support for the introduction of reasonable specialization was established against the background of determining the effectiveness of the use of such forms of cooperation as the cluster model and cross-functional interaction. The need for standardization and greater regulation of the smart specialization procedure at both the conceptual, methodological and practical levels is determined. Ukrainian smart specialization is constrained by the insufficient potential for the implementation of regional development strategies, the urgent need to adapt the method of assessing smart specialization in the format of entrepreneurial discovery to the Ukrainian realities of types of economic activity, insufficient funding of potential functional territories, low initiative, diversification and self-organization. The delay in the implementation of reasonable specialization of activities in Ukraine is explained by the need for additional time to reconfigure the socio-economic system at all levels and to understand the territorial needs, the prospects of choosing from existing opportunities and its consequences.
Highlights
In the context of active information technology development, European initiatives have identified a range of new prerogatives and challenges to modern regions and industries of developed and developing countries
It should be noted that the Draft of the 2021-2027 Regional Development State Strategy, formed in accordance with the requirements of the updated procedure for the development of regional strategies [28], included the need to use smart specialization in the implementation of the strategy, which is a new tool for realizing regional innovation potential based on the synthesis of the knowledge economy and local advantages, and makes it possible to determine the exclusivity of subjects, industries, regions
As a result of the analysis of the content of 27 existing regional strategies, it was found that the best probability of ensuring the achievement of strategic goals was determined based on the results of the SWOT analysis of regional development
Summary
In the context of active information technology development, European initiatives have identified a range of new prerogatives and challenges to modern regions and industries of developed and developing countries. The development concept was transformed from innovative to smart by declaring the concept of smart specialization for the functioning and development of regions, thereby maximizing the angle of view on modern socio-economic processes and the competitive potential for their improvement. This approach allows not to scatter funds, but to focus funding on truly unique objects or entities, whose potential is characterized by innovation, self-development, and by the ability to self-integration into chains of added value formation on world markets. The priority steps in the countries have been taken, the factors that inhibit and promote the implementation of smart specialization have already been identified, which requires careful study and research in each country separately
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