APPLICATION OF THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS FOR EVALUATION OF THE INNOVATION ACTIVITY LEVEL IN THE WESTERN UKRAINE REGIONS

The innovative development of enterprises and regions of Western Ukraine in the sphere of industry is investigated in this scientific paper, taking into account theoretical approaches and concepts of the innovation activity development. The introduction of innovative technologies contributes to the sustainable development of regions of Ukraine in accordance with international agreements, the economical use of their resources, and the increase of efficiency of enterprises and organizations. The basis for implementing the effective innovative management is the objective evaluation and analysis of the innovative activity level of the regions on the basis of a well-established accounting of their efficiency of innovation activities effectiveness. The article deals with the using of mathematical, informational and computer systems for modeling and forecasting the results of innovation activities of the regions in the sphere of industry. To improve the innovative management, an example of using the methodology for evaluation of the innovation activity level in the regions of Western Ukraine by using the analytic hierarchy process is given. The conducted researches using this method allowed to reorganize the regions by quantitative evaluation of innovation activity level and to identify those criteria, which will allow increasing the innovation activity efficiency of regions and enterprises.