Popelo O. Peculiarities of productive forces modernization in conditions of reformatting of the authoritative powers

Thesis for a Doctor Degree in Economic Sciences in specialty 08.00.05 –Development of Productive Forces and Regional Economics (subject area – economic sciences). – Chernihiv National University of Technology, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Chernihiv, 2019. The thesis develops theoretical and methodological provisions, scientific and practical recommendations for productive forces modernization taking into account the strategic landmarks of regional development in the setting of power powers reformatting. The existing approaches are systemized and the retrospective of productive forces state in the regions of Ukraine in the modernization dimension is studied. Methodological bases of productive forces modernization processes are proposed. The resource and scientific and educational potential of the regions of Ukraine are investigated; the vectors of meaningful characteristics of the innovation-investment dominant ideas in regional development of productive forces are outlined; the monitoring of productive forces modernization level and rating of the regions of Ukraine are carried out. The dissertation outlines the priorities of scientific and technical development of the economy of Ukraine and covers the targeted scientific and scientific-technical programs as the forms of realization of priority directions for economic space localization. It reveals institutional core of functioning of the regional economy in the setting of competitiveness strengthening, outlines the modernization aspects of a spatial organization of economic systems in the modern context, offers the strategy of influence of executive bodies on the processes of complex territorial development. Keywords: productive forces modernization, region, sustainable spatial development, reformatting of authoritative powers, decentralization, deconcentration, knowledge economy, regional economic system, regional economic space, localization of economic space.