LIMITATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF SCIENTIFIC EDUCATIONAL AND INNOVATIVE SPHERES OF UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FORMATION OF REGIONAL SMART SPECIALIZATIONS

Section "Economics": Socio-economic Problems of Regional Development

Abstract

European methodology Strategy for Smart Specialization is being implemented in Ukraine. The success of this process is largely predetermined by the readiness and ability of regional scientific and innovation systems to effectively interact within the country and abroad. The characteristics of these systems are determined by the general state of the national spheres of scientific educational and innovative activities. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to comprehensively assess the actual situation in the scientific educational and innovation spheres of Ukraine and identification of constraints and opportunities for establishing scientific technological and innovative cooperation with EU regions in the context of smart specialization of regional economies. To achieve this goal, the SWOT analysis method, which is a classic strategic management tool, was applied. Literature review of the application of this method and the specificity of the research object showed the need to clarify the methodology for performing the SWOT analysis. Three stages of this analysis have been proposed. At the first stage, the formation of groups of factors of the external and internal environment of the research object and selection to the list of the most significant of them was carried out. The second stage included an assessment of the selected factors using the experts' intuitive-logical analysis. A feature of the applied approach is that the experts determined a quantitative assessment for the factors of the internal environment and a qualitative one for external ones. The third stage involved the establishment of strategically important logical relationships between internal (Strengths and Weaknesses) and external (Opportunities and Threats) factors, which were discovered at the first stage of the SWOT analysis. Because of performing three stages of analysis using an expert survey, limitations and opportunities that affect the prospects for Ukraine's integration into the European Research Area were identified. It was concluded that it is necessary to design a comprehensive state policy for the development of the knowledge and innovation sphere, which will also contribute to the achievement of the goals of regional smart specialization.

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