population, educational and scientific infrastructure - remains at a consistently high
level.
Figure 1. Dynamics of Innovation Global Index Ranks for Ukraine and
some of her neighboring countries [2]
However, the institutional and organizational components, including the
involvement of companies in innovation processes, competition in the domestic
market, regulatory environment, have contributed lesse to spreading innovations. Thus,
despite the fact that society has a significant innovative, intellectual and creative
potential, this potential has practically no significant impact on the economy. And
economic development continues to be under the inertial scenario and according to the
extensive model.
According to the Global Innovation Index of cities 2012-2013, three Ukrainian
cities were ranked among the most innovative cities in the world - Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa.
They did not enter into the first 100 cities, but they took seats in the middle group
together with such world capitals of innovation as Dublin, Tallinn, Salzburg, Delhi.
This is, of course, a success, especially when one considers that in previous years Kyiv
belonged to cities with a low level of innovation, while the rest of Ukrainian cities did
not rate the rating at all.
There were several innovative initiatives in recent years in Ukraine that reflect the
growing importance of innovation as a factor in economic growth and competitiveness.
However, many legal and political documents remain only at the conceptual level, with
insufficiently defined practical policies or guidelines for future use. Effective
coordination is one of the main problems in the field of innovation management.
Despite the progress made in administrative reforms, the responsibility of key actors
in the field of innovation management is not yet clearly defined. Allocated resources
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