The innovational potential of Ukraine’s economy

Nowadays, the world’s competitiveness of the national economy depends on systematic innovative development of all branches of economic activity. Therefore, it is advisable to combine all kinds of scientific, technical and innovative growth into the system of innovative activity. It is also important to single out the potential of innovative activity. The article analyzes the systems of different views on innovations and innovative potential, which are represented in research papers of foreign and native authors. Such analysis gives the possibility to identify the theoretical approaches to the nature and essence of innovative potential. The tendencies of innovative activity in Ukraine are considered, the indicators of the potential of innovative activity of the national economy are analyzed. The predictions about the further changes of the innovative activity potential are made. At the end of the research, the conclusions to stimulate the potential of innovative activity of Ukrainian economy are made.