In the first chapter “Theoretical principles of research of innovation strategies of countries in the conditions of uneven global economic development” was provided a detailed study of orthodox and modern theories of countries’ innovative development; theories of society’s technological transformations; scientific views on the role of innovation, technology and scientific-technological progress development of countries and the world were systematized. This helped to offer the theoretical and methodological basis of innovation and technological component of economic development of the world economy.
The dissertation improves the theoretical and methodological bases of research of asymmetries of global economic development in space-time context, namely: the disposition of innovative-technological factors of economic development in coordinates of disproportion of global economic development and scientific and technical paradigm is offered. That clearly illustrate the vision transformation of economic growth stages.
As a result of studying the theoretical foundations of the international economics study, a logical-structural scheme of forming the country's innovation strategy in the conditions of asymmetric global economic development.
In the second chapter “Analytical basis for the formation of the country's innovation strategy in the conditions of uneven global economic development” the author identifies the dominant trends of global economic development, which include: transformation of the technological paradigm of economic development in the fourth industrial revolution; changes in the geo-civilization space against the background of the decline of industrial world civilization and the parallel formation of the foundations of post-industrial civilization in avant-garde countries.
As a result of the author's analytical study of economic development level and the level of innovative development of countries, a comparative analysis of the positioning of countries on global indices of competitiveness and innovation development was analytically confirmed that the level of countries innovative development and technological equipment of industry create opportunities for improving the standard of living of mankind and determine the level of economic development of the country. Analytical grouping of countries on importers of innovations, exporters of innovations and effective innovators, and further systematization of characteristics and differences of innovation strategies of these countries provided the identification of imperatives of effective innovation strategy of the country, which vary depending on its purpose and expected results.
The dissertation analyzes the innovative component of industrial and economic development of Ukraine, the country's participation in international knowledge transfer, technological structure of production, the dynamics of investment in industry, resulting in an assessment of Ukraine's innovative development and highlights its weaknesses, which include: insufficient development of clusters, access of the population to the Internet, etc. In addition, the innovative activity of enterprises and investment in the modernization of production is reduced, which leads to an increase in the resource and energy intensity of GDP and further degradation of the technological structure of industry.
The third chapter “Transformations of countries’ innovation strategies in conditions of uneven global economic development” offers an economic and mathematical apparatus for quantifying innovation and economic development. It was developed an integrated assessment of innovation and economic development of countries, which allowed to determine their level, to trace the dynamics, determine the relationship between innovation and economic development and provide mathematical confirmation of the assumption of the existence of a direct relationship between indicators of innovation development and the level of economic development of the country. Using the method of proportional distribution, the factors that most influenced the dynamics of the integrated indicator of innovation development were identified.
The organizational and economic bases of innovative strategies formation of the countries in the conditions of asymmetry of global economic development are improved. It was systematized key elements and measures of effective functioning of the innovative strategy of the country in the conditions of 4 Industrial revolution and new production paradigm – Industry 4.0.
The research allowed us to conclude that it is necessary to transform the existing national innovation strategies of the world in response to the changing global scientific and technological paradigm in the development of the 4th Industrial Revolution and the formation of Industry 4.0. This should include such dimensions as innovation generation, innovation assimilation, diffusion of innovations, favorable environment and policy management.
