Assessment of National Innovation Ecosystems of the EU Countries and Ukraine in the Interests of Their Sustainable Development

The purpose of the study is to reveal specific features of modern EU innovation policy in the context of its focus on sustainable European development and to conduct an assessment of the parameters of national innovation ecosystems of the EU member states with different innovation potential and Ukraine from the standpoint of their influence on the innovative development of countries worldwide. With the use of the correlation-regression analysis, the hypothesis of changing the parameters of national innovation ecosystems that affect the innovation of the EU member states and Ukraine in the global context depending on the level of their productivity and innovation potential was reiterated. The factors that have the greatest impact on the ranking of the countries in the Global Innovation Index, depending on which group the countries under study belong to according to the classification of the European Innovation Scoreboard, were identified. It was revealed that the set of such factors in each group of countries varies and has a different degree of influence on the level of their innovation development. Based on the results of the assessment, taking into account the need for a speedy post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, policy recommendations were made for Ukraine. Their implementation will ensure the systemic influence of the state on the national innovation ecosystem of the country.

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The purpose of this study is to reveal the specific features of the modern EU innovation policy focused on sustainable European development, and evaluate the parameters of national innovation ecosystems of EU member states and Ukraine, and their impact on global innovative development. Through correlation-regression analysis, it is reiterated that the parameters of national innovation ecosystems affecting the innovation of EU member states and Ukraine change depending on their productivity and innovation potential. The study identifies the factors with the greatest impact on the ranking of countries in the Global Innovation Index, based on the classification of the European Innovation Scoreboard. The analysis reveals that the set of factors varies and has different degrees of influence on the level of innovation development in each group of countries. Based on the evaluation results and the urgent need for post-war reconstruction in Ukraine, policy recommendations are made for Ukraine, ensuring the systematic influence of the state on the national innovation ecosystem.