Modern Directions and Levels of Research of Intellectualization of Economy and Enterprises

Abstract

Modern trends in the intellectualization of the global economy, observed in recent decades, put forward as key sources of competitiveness of enterprises knowledge, intelligence, creativity of employees. The development of creative work allows to generate new goods, services and other intellectual products, therefore, the creation of conditions for effective intellectual activity is the main task of modern enterprises. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the current directions and levels of research of intellectualization based on the results of international comparisons and the economic situation in Ukraine. It is determined that in order to accelerate the intellectualization and development of innovative activity of staff in modern enterprises it would be necessary to: create and maintain an atmosphere of innovation in the team; to ensure the implementation of the strategy of intellectual capital growth and innovative development through the improvement of the system of incentives and motivation; recognize that radical changes are needed not only in the minds of workers, but also in the production, management organizational structures and their renewal in accordance with modern requirements of management processes. The expediency of the research in the perspective of solving issues of determining the levels and areas of research, as well as the financing of intellectualization processes is proved. When developing directions for determining the current state of intellectualization, it should be studied by levels (individual, microlevel, mesolevel, macrolevel, megalevel); by areas (intellectualization of the individual, management systems, labor process, enterprise, intellectualization of the economy and entrepreneurship as a factor of state development and intellectualization of society) research according to the levels of functioning of the economy; by financing the processes of intellectualization depending on the activities of the enterprise: financing of intellectualization from the operating activities of the enterprise, at the expense of its own authorized or borrowed capital, through investment activities. The study of intellectualization in accordance with international comparisons of economic development indices of Ukraine and analysis of the economic situation in the country proves the superiority of its leadership in research and development, the emergence of new knowledge, development of high-tech production and creation of mass innovative products, digitalization.