INNOVATION ACTIVITY AS A DRIVING FORCE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY IN KAZAKHSTAN

Development of scientific, technological and innovation potential of enterprises plays an important role in the economic development of the country. The main problem of innovation activities of enterprises of Kazakhstan is generally low demand for innovation in the economy of Kazakhstan, as well as its inefficient structure ? excessive preponderance to side purchases of finished equipment abroad to the detriment of their own implementation of new developments.Currently innovation activities of enterprises of Kazakhstan has not yet become the basis of socioeconomic development of the country sinceno significant technological breakthroughs is observed in the domestic economy, no signs of mass development of intensive research and development results. Low innovation activity is a characteristic for all economic activities, as well as for all types of innovation (technological, organizational, and marketing).The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 complicated an achievement of the objectives, which led to a reduction in private sector spending on innovation and exacerbated the structural weaknesses of the Kazakh national innovation system. The level of innovation activity of enterprises is significantly poorer than the leading countries in this field.The article deals with the questions of increasing innovative activity of enterprises of Kazakhstan in the condition of globalization evaluated and determined retaining facts by enterprise innovative activity, recommendations to promote and improve the innovative activity of industrial enterprises.