Methodological tools for increasing the innovation activity of an industrial enterprise

Innovation is a key driver of ensuring long-term competitiveness, sustainability and development of modern business. The presented study substantiates the importance of considering issues of increasing the innovation activity of industrial enterprises. The study of the main characteristics of such enhancement tools, considered as a set of measures, methods and mechanisms aimed at stimulating and supporting innovation activity in an enterprise, allowed us to form a list of indicators of innovation activity of an industrial enterprise on which such tools can have a directly proportional effect. The authors used elements of qualitative, quantitative and systematic analysis. The positive impact of innovation processes on financial results, competitiveness, market position, operational efficiency and business activity indicators of an industrial enterprise is substantiated.