SPREADING DEGREE ASSESSMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN UKRAINE AND ITS REGIONS

Abstract

Achievement of the condition of economics of knowledge on regional and national level is only possible through active application of information-communication technologies (ICT) in production and commercial activity of enterprises. It is on the ground of new technologies used in business that the processes of generation, accumulation, utilization and diffusion of knowledge are accelerated among enterprise personnel and partners, additional opportunities get provided for their economic and intellectual development, and new innovation prospects are opened with the development of e-strategies. The purpose of the article is to determine tendencies in the situation with ICT application processes in enterprises’ production and commercial activity that favor the formation of economics of knowledge in the country and its regions. The object of the study is the activity of Ukrainian business with attention concentration to the processes of information and communication technologies spreading in its activity. To achieve the established purpose the author uses the methods of integration and grouping of statistical data and those of generalization and logics as well as tables and graphic materials. Such methods usage allowed tendencies identification in the processes of informatization and computer business, personnel attraction to advanced technologies, use of local and wide-scale corporative nets, application of Internet network and social media for production purposes, mastering technical skills by personnel for the sake of the opportunity to spread information and communicative technologies in all kinds of activity of enterprises. Based on the detected tendencies and peculiarities of information and communication technologies’ use in business the various aspect measures are proposed for the increase of their application effectiveness to promote the quick formation of economics of knowledge in the country and its regions.