UDC 330.341.4:331.102.344:332.146.2; JEL O18, L60
Shults, S. L., & Lutskiv, O. M. (2021). Strukturno-tekhnolohichni zrushennya v ekonomitsi rehioniv u konteksti perspektyv rozvytku smart-spetsializatsiyi [Structural-technological changes in the economies of regions in the context of smart specialization development perspectives]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 100 (2), 15-26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2021-2-2. [in Ukrainian].
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Authors



Shults Svitlana Leonidivna

Doctor of Economics, Professor

Head of the Department of regional economic policy of the Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of NAS of Ukraine

Contacts: swetshul@i.ua, (032)270-70-89, (+38097)253-66-22

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Lutskiv Olena Mykolayivna

Ph.D. of Economics, Senior Researcher

Senior Researcher, Scientific Secretary of the unit of the Department of regional economic policy of the Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of NAS of Ukraine

Contacts: lutolen@i.ua, (032)270-7089

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Resume

The paper aims to analyze the dynamics and trends in structural-technological changes across the levels of production performance and sectoral structure of the economy in terms of determining the smart specialization development perspectives in Ukrainian regions. Special attention is paid to the fact that nowadays European countries are intensively using smart specialization strategies (S3) to accelerate innovative development, carry out structural-technological modernization, and improve regional competitiveness. The experience of EU Member States in smart specialization directed at abandoning the traditional policy of public support of certain economic activity types to support technological innovations in the most promising economic sectors is analyzed. The paper focuses on the evaluation of structural-technological changes in the economies of Ukrainian regions. The technological structure of manufacturing in Ukrainian regions is evaluated across three main production levels: high-tech, medium-tech, and low-tech. The fact that the dominating share of production in the structure of manufacture of Ukrainian regions belongs to medium- and low-tech levels, which does not correspond to global trends, is emphasized. Regional distribution by the share of high- and medium-tech products in total production, the dynamics of structural changes in Ukrainian industry by the production performance level, and sectoral structure of GVA in the context of determining the smart specialization of regional economies are analyzed. Special attention is paid to the main tasks of improving the structural policy efficiency towards the development of regions based on smart specialization. The paper argues that the analysis of technological and sectoral structures of the economies of regions in the context of smart specialization testifies to the need to develop an active public position regarding the introduction of a range of measures of public regional policy, structural policy, and a range of sectoral policies.

Keywords:

industrial structure, structural-technological changes, technological modernization, production performance level, smart specialization

References

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