Prof. Solianyk Liudmyla

 National Mining University, Ukraine

 

the international capital movement as a factor of influence on innovative development tendency of ukraine’s economy and its integration into the world economy

 

The international capital movement in the world economy space is the most dynamic form of the economic globalization, its essential motive power which promotes the development of international political alliances, social, demographic and economic improvement in the economy of particular countries and their groups. The analysis of the world capital movement condition and investment processes gives evidence of the interrelation between the international investment development and economy globalization. The international capital movement acceleration, first of all in the form of the international investment, influences the scale and tendency of structural breaks within particular countries and regions, promotes considerable increase in economic development efficiency of most countries of the world, facilitating the countries’ access to markets and financial resources, effective corporate management experience. This is testified by increase in the world trading volume during the past 50 years by 17 times (and the world GDP by 6 times). The capital worth about 20 trillion USA dollars functions within the present-day international securities market. The annual volume of international credits makes up to 15 trillion of the USA dollars and that of direct international investments makes up to 500 billion of the USA dollars [1] which testifies the actual scale of the international capital movement (regardless the present financial economic crisis).

Ukraine takes a minor place among the main European countries importing the international capital. The topicality of the  issue concerning Ukraine within the international investment space at the present stage of its economic development has drawn attention of the following domestic scientists: A. Ignatenko, L. Ryneiska, P.Sabluk, G. Kharlamov. Further research of the influence of the determiners of the international capital movement process on the tendencies of Ukraine’s economic development is the part of the general problem to be solved. The outlined issues make up only a small part of the urgent problems as to identifying the tendencies of Ukraine’s development in the context of the international capital movement intensification; these problems require a detailed analysis and research within particular scientific works.

The process of the international capital movement is increasing and becoming more organized defining the structure of the current world economy and turning financial markets into the most important factor of the world economy development. Thus, in 2012 the total volume of the world capital market almost achieved the volume of the world GDP [1].Ukraine possesses rather great industrial potential in spite of its ineffective infrastructure and out-of-date production assets. Having considerable intellectual and scientific and technical potential, Ukraine demonstrates unsatisfactory rates of innovation development and low effectiveness of implementing innovation potential which calls for searching for efficient mechanisms which would promote the development of the national innovative system. Lack of economic motivation, imperfect legislation base, unstable financial provision, which is particularly tangible under conditions of the increasing world financial crisis, have a negative effect on innovative activity.  The role of foreign investors in financing innovative activity of Ukraine’s industrial enterprises has increased in recent years. This is conditioned by limitation of their own capital and necessity to attract foreign capital to the industrial sector; the foreign capital is mostly used as direct foreign investments which recently have been the most stable factors to support Ukraine’s payment balance and have promoted the integration of the national economy into the world economy. There is no reasonable alternative to the process of Ukraine’s integration into the world capital movement, to the European economic space. European integration  and the international capital movement form developed countries, namely European ones, influence the increase of Ukrainian economy. But it is important to take into consideration negative factors of  the international capital movement which can cause certain threats for the national economy. There is a risk concerning the integration of Ukraine’s industry into not very profitable branches (namely metallurgy, chemical industry); on the other hand, incoming foreign investments are not always accompanied by implementing modern high technologies and increasing domestic enterprises’ competitiveness.

To avoid negative consequences, the European integration in the context of globalization tendencies should be gradual and reasonable, considering all industrial and financial risks which appear in the process of the international capital movement. The first and foremost task is to work out financial mechanisms to regulate the international capital movement towards strengthening its positive effect on the economic development and innovative renewal of Ukraine’s economy. It is necessary to develop a coordinated system of managing innovative processes at the state level it is impossible to distribute financial flows (both Ukrainian and foreign ones) efficiently directing them to innovative technologies and  modernization of production facilities of domestic enterprises enhancing the positions of Ukraine’s industrial production in the world market. In the context of the world current economic tendencies and Ukraine’s integration connection development, it is essential to provide membership in influential international organizations or integration grouping to defend their own interests and to promote dynamic economic development. It is also necessary to  create domestic transnational corporations or to participate partially in foreign transnational corporations along with active stimulating of intellectual investments.   

We should also create conditions for increasing competitiveness of Ukraine’s stock market and efficient implementation of financial tools with its further  civilized integration into the international capital markets. It is important to activate domestic enterprises’ entering the world stock markets by means of the IPO as the main factor Ukraine’s integration into the world economy and innovative development of the state’s economy.

References:

1.        WorldBank. Data profile // [Electronic resource]. - Access mode: URL://http://ddp-ext. worldbank. org/ext/ddpreports/ ViewSharedReport