“…Many scientific studies prove that innovative development is the basis for the country's economic growth and long-term welfare (Balzer et al, 2020;Kirikkaleli & Ozun, 2019). Innovation is often seen as one of the fundamental components in ensuring the efficiency of enterprises (Bilan et al, 2020;Chigrin & Pimonenko, 2014;Podhorska et al, 2020;Pukala et al, 2018;Zygmunt, 2019), promoting economic security and sustainable economic development of the country (Sineviciene et al, 2018). Particularly relevant is the choice of an innovative development path for transition economies, for which production, environmental and financial innovations can become a lever of competitive advantage in the international market (Bilan et al, 2019;Brychko et al, 2019;Lyulyov et al, 2021).…”