ASSESSMENT OF THE CAPABILITY TO IMPLEMENT KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT BY REGIONS OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The paper studies potentiality in innovation and knowledge state with regions of Ukraine that contributes to their knowledge development and formation of economics of knowledge on regional and national level. It determines the list of indices allowing the status assessment in innovation activity among economic players in a region, and that of research and scientific-technical works. Regions of Ukraine are grouped in accordance with the development level state in science and innovation activity. The article generalizes the potentiality assessment for the knowledge development of regions of Ukraine on the ground of the criteria of power of educational field, distribution of information and communication services, and potential in the sphere of science and innovations.