Metodology of Realization of the Innovation Vector of Economic Development and Cooperation Among Territorial and Economic Systems of Ukraine

Abstract

Topicality. Under the conditions of the decentralization reforms in Ukraine the communities’ cooperation becomes one of the key tools of their socio-economic development. At the same time, this tool was underused in Ukraine in the sphere of innovation activity. The experience of world in general and Europe in particular showed that the cooperation among territorial and economic systems is efficient in the sphere of innovations and is actively applied by the regions both in the national and cross-border cooperation. Aim and tasks. The elaboration of methodological and applied bases of the realization of innovation vector of economic development and cooperation among territorial and economic systems of Ukraine and elaboration of the classification models of such cooperation in innovation sphere.
 Research results. The article suggests the methodological, classification, institutional bases of cooperation among territorial and economic systems, implementation of which will facilitate the realization of their innovation potential. The application of the territorial and economic systems as an object of the research allows to approach the studied problem not from the standpoint of administrative- territorial division, that involves the study of inter-municipal cooperation, formation of subregions, agglomerations, conurbations, etc., but from the functional standpoint to explore the inter-territorial innovation process in the context of cooperation within the innovation systems, production clusters, etc. While the issue of the regional innovation systems and clusters formation is well-studied, their formation in the interregional aspect remains topical both in the theoretical and applied aspects for the Ukrainian economy. Conclusion. The methodology of the realization of innovation vector of economic development and cooperation among territorial and economic systems of Ukraine, that is suggested in the research, provides the system approach and determines key orientations of the politics of inter-territorial cooperation activation in the innovation sphere.