Market growth prospects of the entities during the innovation activity could not be sized up due to lack of systematized and shared view at factors defining the innovation activity of business entities. The paper presents key factors of innovation activity along with its classification by levels (macro, meso, and micro). Authors suggested a specific innovation activity evaluation framework as well as multivariate regression model of assessing the structure and keyfactors' effect on business activity is developed.

The aim of the study is to develop methods for assessing the efficiency of innovation and investment projects in the energy sector of the economy. As a result of the analysis of existing approaches, the modern problems of assessment are revealed, and possible ways of their solution are identified. A comprehensive analysis of the impact of innovation projects was carried out, and indicators and criteria for assessing their efficiency were determined. The assessment methods were structured on the basis of a combined approach, adequate to the target orientation of the projects, and a set of methodological recommendations was developed for assessing the efficiency of innovation and investment projects in the energy sector.

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The article shows the results of research for the allocation of risk aspects of creation of investment E-platform for support for small innovative enterprises, which possess an important role under conditions of transition of Russia's economy to innovational path of development. Small innovative enterprises can become one of the key subjects of innovational activity, providing quick and effective development and commercialization of various innovations. However, under modern Russian conditions, small innovative enterprises do not fulfill that role fully. It is established that creation of investment E-platform will be a tool for active development of small innovative enterprises, using various approaches for stimulation of demand for innovations and investments into their development and use in modern innovative economy. On order to provide favorable conditions for creation and functioning of investment E-platform, it is necessary to study specific risk aspects. On the basis of identification of factors and reasons for risks emergence, it is necessary to determine the classifier of possible types of risks, depending on the stage of innovative process, which will allow formulating the portfolio of the most significant risk aspects of creation of investment E-platform, aimed at attracting the maximum number of investors.

The questions of formation of the system of indicators for assessing eco-nomic characteristics of functioning infrastructure system reforestation-making. Applied in the forest complex system of indicators to assess the functioning of infrastructure does not reflect the effectiveness, impact and intensity of use of advances is-resources, the level of achievement of targets and complements, you plan targets.