European Experience of Clustering and Its Adaptation Towards Acceleration of Innovative Development of the Economy of Ukraine

Abstract

It was identified within the study, that in EU countries the level of cluster development in most cases correlates with the ranking of countries by the degree of innovation. Based on the results of the analysis of the existing international methodologies for cluster development assessment, the author's approach was proposed to identify and structure the goals of creating industrial and innovation clusters. Considering that in Ukraine the indicators of enterprise innovation activity have been declining during 2011-2017, it is suggested that more emphasis in domestic practice should be made on the creation of innovative clusters, which will contribute to the formation of stable links between enterprises among themselves, as well as with the sphere of innovation infrastructure, which are based on the latest knowledge.