The development of innovation activities is of great importance on the path to achieving the goals of sustainable development. Success on this path is closely related to the presence of comparable information on the development of innovation activities at the regional level. The aim of the paper is to assess the development of innovation activities in the regions of Ukraine and identify differences in results. The study is performed using relative indicators for the assessment of the development of innovation activities in the regions of Ukraine. The indicators were averaged and normalized. To analyze how innovation activities change over time, the dynamic indices based on the geometric mean of the growth rate of the relative indicators were used. The obtained results have significant differences in the regions being assessed. Most regions have a heterogeneous development of innovation activities. At the same time, they are at the top and bottom of the rankings of the regions in different indicators of the development of innovation activities. Only Cherkasy and Zaporizhzhia oblasts are at the top of the rankings in at least 75% of indicators. However, in 2017‒2019, all indicators improved in at least 29% of regions. In addition, 75% of indicators improved in at least 54% of regions. Therefore, over time, most regions progressed in the development of innovation activities. Management decisions for the development of innovation activities should be complex for all regions and implemented primarily in the regions where there is no improvement over time. AcknowledgmentsThe paper is prepared within the scientific research project “Sustainable development and resource security: from disruptive technologies to digital transformation of Ukrainian economy” (No. 0121U100470).

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The paper investigated general world trends in the field of business change in business, in which the authors highlighted a versatile view of science and summarized information on definitions of “change”, providing each of the existing list of definitions that relates to scale. The authors analyzed theoretical approaches to the definition of various scholars and identified the main characteristics of these approaches. The analysis showed that most scholars are interpreting changes as a generalization category based on general economic provisions relating to strategic potential, free markets, behavioral properties. According to the results of the study, the authors formed a summary table, which reflects a separate characteristic and interpretation of the term “change”, provided by various scientists. As a result of the study, the authors formed the actual interpretation of definitions on the basis of processed literature, which, unlike other treats changes, as an organizational process that is in constant motion and adaptation to a new information economy. In this case, as the main driver of adaptation to changes, the authors consider a business process model of the organizational structure, which is based on optimizing functional and information flows and a dramatically different approach to the use of human resources. Practical examples given by the authors confirm the main thesis of all scholars, which consists in the inevitability of the introduction of transformational business management techniques, which are considered to be more flexible, and therefore more effective in today's realities of the world economy. The authors provided recommendations on further research of changes in processes that should focus on a clear balance between the development of new methodological approaches and their scientific substantiation.

The article is devoted to finding ways to ensure «green» economic growth in Ukraine. «Green» economic growth means growth based on stimulating environmental and economic development while ensuring the safety of natural assets and their uninterrupted provision of the resources and ecosystem services on which our well-being depends. The purpose of the study is to find the main factors of economic development for the development of an effective «green» strategy for economic development. The object of research is the process of ensuring the «green» economic growth of the country in modern conditions. The methods of analysis, synthesis, comparison, dialectical and abstract-logical methods were used in the work. The main goals and objectives of the «green» economy at the national and global levels are identified, the issues of factors influencing «greening» in Ukraine are revealed, and the issues of genuine savings as a result of nature management are considered. Based on this, the problems and threats to the «green» economy in Ukraine are analyzed. The genuine savings of Ukraine for 2010‒2019 are calculated and possible ways to overcome the problem of their reduction are identified, which will contribute to the «green» development of the economy. It was found that in the system of reproduction of economic processes, investments play an important role, as they contribute to the restoration and increase of production resources, as well as accelerate the economic growth of the recipient country. It has been found that it is necessary to develop an adequate response to global environmental threats, which is a consequence of the unlimited use of natural resources. To achieve this goal, «green» economic growth must act as a catalyst for investment and innovation, which will promote sustainable growth and lead to new economic opportunities.