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The paper investigates the state of innovation in the Ukrainian Black Sea region, identifies its major competitive advantages and problems. As one of the tools of overcoming of the negative trends in innovation in the Ukrainian Black Sea region is proposed the implementation of a "triad" innovation policy (science, education, business) within clusters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the article. The aim of the article is to study the theoretical and methodological principles for environmentally oriented businesses formulating and portfolio management in the region. The results of the analysis. This paper studies the prospects for the formation and management of the environmentally oriented business projects business portfolio. The purpose of this is to create new clusters types which are based on the production capacity of environmental products and services in the region. Considering strategic direction of the Ukraine's Regional Development the authors concluded the necessity of common instrument forming. That would help to accumulate possibilities and priorities of the various innovative structures and business in general in the region. This study considered the theoretical and methodological bases of environmentally oriented projects business portfolio formation and management in the region. Today Ukrainian government system directs the efforts for regional policy funding, development priorities coordination and calls to focus on key projects that provide improvement of innovative infrastructure for economic growth stimulation, creating conditions for private sector development and public access to services. Preference is given to the issues of financial resources concentrating on the key tasks with long term impacts on regional development and national economy as a whole. Taking in account the provisions on strategic vision formation for regional development is evident for single instruments forming that would allow regional governments to manage this process. It would help to accumulate results of activity of various innovative structures and business in general. Environmentally oriented businesses portfolio is a «collection» of strategic business groups and individual businesses (projects), especially, innovative, which are formed within the same regional development strategy (strategy of sustainable development and «green» economy) and aimed to achieve the socio-environmental and economic effects. Primary task of each company that produces environmental products or is engaged in environmental services providing (or related activities) is to create the optimal business portfolio which combines with company's advantages, and at the same time is a perspective direction for region's investment attractiveness increaseing and new markets development. It is proved that portfolio of environmentally oriented businesses and environmental projects should be considered as a factor in its sustainability. It performs the target function of the heart of investment processes reproduction in the region. The portfolio of environmentally oriented businesses and environmental projects serves as integrative factor combining the monitoring of environmentally oriented innovative processes, technologies, processes of product creation, methods of environmental projects organization and its funding. Conclusions. It is shown that today special attention should be paid to the issues of providing optimal performance of strategic tasks of regional development. At the same time it is necessary to support the proper level of environmental safety and efficient use of environmental and economic potential of the region, activate the investment and innovation processes at regional level. The authors reviewed the issue of a environmentally oriented business projects portfolio forming as a part of process of new clusters creating that is based on possibilities of environmental goods and services production. Development of business management portfolio is based on environmental safety factor of individual business and the region as a whole. It can facilitate the solution of social and economic problems, including problems of employment, quality of life, projects profitability, environmentally targeted production development, export potential increasing, and Ukraine's image improving. In the further researches we plan to develop new methodological approaches to the formation of the innovation and investment projects portfolio at the regional level with further assessment and identification of ecological, social and economic effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the article. The aim of the article is to study the role of the system of innovation management in cluster formations on the basis of ecologically oriented creative approach for sustainable development. The results of the analysis. The paper studies the problem of system management in the formation of cluster structures as еcopolis in the transition to environmentally sustainable development, addressed organizational and economic background applications eco-creative approach to the establishment and operation of еcopolis as self- reproduction socio-ecological-economic system. Perspective directions of solving the problems systems management in the context of sustainable development, in our view, next: the reproductive mechanism of the economic transformations directed on «green» development areas; dematerialization activation processes at various levels of management; ecologically oriented economic development (dynamic transformation of the economy, taking into account the principles of sustainable development based on innovation); clustering scientific production and educational specialization (ecopolis). Question the beneficial use of environmental conditions and initiatives arise when a key prerequisite for the formation of ecopolis. Conclusions and directions of further researches. It is shown that one of the best ways to achieve these goals, mechanisms that implement ecologically effective management at the regional level, is to create in the country such as forms of ecopolis. These studies need to continue to develop a system of tools and mechanisms to ensure the implementation of the concept of innovation management system such as cluster formations ecopolis in the context of sustainable development. Also it is required the development the organizational and economic development of system management tools cluster units. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a theoretical synthesis and proposed a new solution to a scientific problem, which is based on application the formation mechanism of competitiveness in the domestic tourism industry through he introduction of tourism clusterization, innovation and marketing development model, promotion of the Ukrainian tourist product on the world tourism market. The purpose of this research is to draw attention to the need for Ukrainian society to the necessity of development and national implementation of measures for improving the image of Ukraine by promotion tourism potential and create brand Ukraine as a tourism state. In the paper the author tried to make the introduction of modern dynamic mechanism maintain the competitiveness of tourism, that are based on innovation and marketing approaches to management. The main task was the study of organizational-economic mechanism of improvement of the national tourism market and its convergence with the world one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]