Salikhova O. Formation of high-tech manufacturing sector of Ukrainian economy: theory, methodology, practice.

The object of study is the process of formation of high-tech industries in the context of scientific, technological and innovation development of society. The aim of the work lies in development of theoretical, methodological and applied principles of high-tech industries defining, disclosure of forms specifics and methods of stimulating their development, creation of system mechanism of activation of technological innovations and the rise of high-tech manufacturing sectors of the economy of Ukraine. The methods of the research: logical-dialectical and historical, structural-functional, comparative, statistical, mathematical and economical, expert evaluations. Novelty: new approach to identify industries of the world economy, where most advanced technologies have been implemented and thus high added value is obtained, is developed, conceptual and methodological-applied principles of high-tech companies identification are established on the basis of resource and resultant approach and identifying activity category where they dominate, the efficiency index of national manufacturing of export oriented goods, which is based on the principle of revealed comparative advantages, is introduced into scientific usage, new theoretical concepts and methods of their calculation are also introduced: Revealed Specialization of Production, Comparative Advantage in Value Added Activity, Revealed Effective Export, high-tech products categorization by their functionality is accomplished, the factors that determine the import expenditure of these goods of Ukrainian manufacturing sector and households in the consumer market are defined, technological innovation activation tools in Ukraine are developed, the tools of creating new and developing existing manufactures of high-tech goods, which conceptual framework consists in forming the core of high-tech sector and establishing target-focused approach to encourage its development, are worked out.