Analysis of Current state at Ukrainian Innovation Sector. If you look at our
country in the coordinates of international ratings, then you can see somewhat
controversial picture. For example, according to the Global Innovation Rating,
compiled by Bloomberg [2], Ukraine is among the 50 leading world countries in terms
of innovation development.
According to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukraine is among the
countries with an average level of innovation (79 position on the factor of innovation
and business experience, according to the results of 2012) (Table 1) [3].
Table 1 Innovation performance indicators due to Global Competitive Index [3]
Ranking and grade (1- 7)
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
General innovation
performance (overall)
71 / 3.2
93 / 3.0
81 / 3.2
54 / 3.4
52 / 3.4
Capacity for innovation
58 / 3.3
100 / 3.2
82 / 3.6
52 / 4.2
49 / 4.4
Quality of scientific
research institutions
64 / 3.7
69 / 3.6
67 / 3.8
43 / 4.2
50 / 4.2
Company spending on
R&D
104 / 2.7
112 / 2.7
66 / 3.1
54 / 3.4
68 / 3.3
University-industry
collaboration in R&D
69 / 3.6
77 / 3.4
74 / 3.5
74 / 3.5
57 / 3.5
Governmental
procurement of advanced
products
97 / 3.2
118 / 3.0
123 / 2.9
98 / 3.0
82 / 3.1
Availability of scientists
and engineers
25 / 4.8
46 / 4.5
48 / 4.3
29 / 4.7
29 / 4.7
PCT patent applications
per mln. Inhabitants
51 / 2.1
52 / 2.9
52 / 3.2
50 / 3.6
49 / 3.9
It is worth noting that Ukraine is still strong in higher education and skills, putting
the country in the 39th place and revealing an untapped opportunity to capitalize on its
human resources. Ukraine also ranked low in technological readiness, although it
improved in the sub-ranking of ‘availability of latest technologies’ (climbing from
113th to 96th position) [4].
From the standpoint of innovation, the strongest sides in Ukraine are: population
coverage by higher education (6th in the world), patent activity (17th place), R&D
intensity (39th place), technological capacity of industry (34th place). The only thing
that prevents our state from rising above this rating is the total low efficiency of the
economy (69th place). The dynamics of ranks of global innovation index for Ukraine
and some of her neighboring countries is shown at figure 1 [2]
Attention is drawn to the unevenness and imbalance in the development of various
components of innovation and factors of efficiency improvement (Efficiency
Enhancers) in Ukraine. For example, everything related to human resources -
education, the availability of skilled personnel, the labor market, patent activity of the
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