Abstract:

The estimation of innovative potential and efficiency of innovative activity of industrial enterprises of Ukraine in the regional dimension is carried out on the basis of modern statistics using the cluster analysis method. Features and tendencies of financing of innovative activity are considered. Dynamic series of R&D expenditures as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product across Ukraine and the EU and corresponding trend models are constructed. Structural mismatch of financing of innovative activity in Ukraine is emphasized both by sources of financing and European practice.