Yukhnovskaya T.

Graduate student

Organization «Institute for Economics and Forecasting, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences», Ukraine

Place of scientific & technological potential in the system of international economic links

Scientific and technological activity is an important component of international economic relations at the current stage of human development. The achievements of science, technology, and new technologies are often dependent on the formed scientific & technological potential. In turn, the accumulated and growing scientific & technological potential – is a powerful force that promotes scientific and technological revolution to new achievements [1, p. 168]. The very process of the development of science with following growth of technique and technology enables expanding the forms and types of scientific & technological links from individual, local, national, regional to international and global. International scientific & technological relations extend the capabilities of available national capacities, in both quantitative and qualitative aspects that are a precondition to a high level of socio-economic development.

Leading scientists have considered issues of development of scientific & technological potential, both at the national level and in terms of international cooperation, such as A. Avdulov, V. Heyets, I. Yegorov, A. Kulkyn, L. Fedulova, D. Chervanov etc.

Scientific & technological potential is a symbiosis of the scientific potential and technological potential. For example, L. Fedulova defines scientific potential as an integrated expression of the aggregate capacity of scientists (as part of the human community) to intellectual scientific activity and includes the elements that characterize the level of intellectual and professional training, as well as elements that characterize the achievements of scientific activity [2, с. 75]. Technological potential is defined as combination of methods to raise means of labor in the production of items of work to convert products to the final consumer or to continuing raise that determined by the level of socio-economic development [3]. In turn, scientific & technological potential is a system that built as a result of international collaboration to the needs of developing countries [4, p. xv].

Thus, the role of the scientific potential in the system of international economic relations is to ensure knowledge and information, whereas technological potential determines the need for material and technical resources, which predetermine the innovation. Technological support may include material and technical equipment of research and researchers, organizational and institutional support, diffusion, i.e. collaboration of knowledge and production, its distribution, which is a valuable technology resource.

International scientific & technological relations are a system of economic relations, which includes international scientific & technological cooperation, international scientific & technological exchanges, and international technology transfer.

Similarly, the degree of development of scientific & technological support determines the level of the basic aspects of international cooperation. In turn, it will set the main objectives of internal and external policies.

Therefore, an internal policy corresponds to the scientific & technological policy and investment policy, task of which is to ensure the welfare and the diffusion of scientific & technological developments.

Main external purpose of the international scientific & technological cooperation is to ensure the competitiveness and marketing in domestic markets. Transnational corporations are ponderable subjects of foreign policy. They have a system of generation, diffusion, marketing and distribution of scientific research and technological development. Thus, the main role of scientific & technological potential in the system of international relations is to identify the national capacity of the country and sharing to address the global problems of scientific and technical sphere.

International scientific & technological cooperation presupposes revolutionary discoveries in the field of science and technology. Moreover, this in turn suggests the internationalization of (i18n) research and technological development.

Summarizing, we note that the international scientific & technological cooperation combines foreign capital and scientific & technological potential to expand innovative growth and socio-economic welfare.

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4. Wagner С.S. Science and technology collaboration: building capacity in developing countries? / Caroline S. Wagner, Irene Brahmakulam, Brian Jackson, Anny Wong, Tatsuro Yoda. – World Bank, 2001. – 90 Р.