Purposefulness and Problems of Development of Technological Parks in the Process of Formation of the Knowledge Economy in Ukraine and Russia

The article considers problem aspects of development of technological parks in the process of formation of knowledge economy in Ukraine and Russia. It justifies urgency of full value innovation activity, which cannot develop without such principally new economic and territorial innovation-active formations as technological parks. The article underlines the role of a technological park as an efficient mechanism of revival and going out of crisis situations, since the result of its activity - socio-economically favourable regions and thousands of new working places. The article considers internal and external goals of creation of first technological parks in developed countries and makes a conclusion that each park is established for achievement of goals caused by local socio-economic conditions and available natural conditions of the territory. It gives classification of technological parks by types. It identifies main directions of creation of technological parks and conditions of their effective functioning.