Real-Sector Enterprise Intellectualization as a Promising Avenue for the Development of the Modern Economy (Conclusions and Recommendations of an Online Science and Practical Conference)

According to the Decree of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine «On the Events of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine from 03.03.2021 №82. October 4, 2021 – Scientific-practical online conference «Problems and prospects of development of modern economy» held at the Institute of Industrial Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. According to the results of the discussion of the problems of the real sector of the economy, the intellectual development of enterprises has been defined as a promising direction of modernity. In the presentations, participants revealed the objective relationship between the social division of labor and the processes of intellectualization as the division of knowledge, as well as their specialization, and the order of the division of labor. Any division of labor system has a «horizontal» dimension – determined by the process of transforming the material into the final product – and the «vertical» – is determined by the processes of using tools of labor, accumulation, systematization, development and use of knowledge. The division and transformation of labor relations determine industrial revolutions, stimulates technical and intellectual progress, and forms of long waves and cycles of development of material and spiritual world. The intellectualization of production expands the space for an adaptive division of labor, and its vertical component creates the conditions for a transition to a new type of intellectual transformation. The conference participants argued that the task of reviving the economy and industry in the direction of Industry 4.0 based on the intellectualization of enterprises is in the state economic policy and research methodology. The State, the business community, scientific organizations (especially the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) and other interested parties are identified as the key players in industrial rehabilitation. The development of industrial enterprises towards Industry 4.0 does not mean the immediate abandonment of traditional production III-IV technological systems. Individual industries and enterprises have the potential to adopt new standards and enter into global value chains. Relevant government mechanisms for deepening intellectualization have been identified: import substitution, export promotion, public-private partnerships, and human capital development. National enterprises should have priority over foreign enterprises, with due quality. It is advisable to strengthen exports in industry once the domestic market is saturated. Intellectualization has been shown to require enterprises to: introduce digital tools to manage production; permanently transform into modern technological realities; create digital culture and values of intellectualization, Staff digital skills development.