Innovations in the reconstruction of the industry of Ukraine in the post-war period

Purpose. To prove the prospects of the driver industries of innovative development (IID) of Ukraine in the post-war period (PWP), to propose organizational forms that will promote innovative development. Methodology. The following methods were used: correlation analysis to establish promising IID in PWP and to identify types of innovation-active enterprises that will primarily ensure the development of these industries; comparative analysis ‒ to identify the features of the innovative activity of enterprises (IAE) and the differentiation of this activity by the number of employees; critical analysis ‒ to determine organizational forms that will promote IAE; logical analysis ‒ to establish a factor that determines the development strategy and is also an indicator of innovative capacity. Findings. New organizational forms are proposed to increase cooperation between scientific organizations and industrialists. It is specified that the process of innovative and technological reconstruction of industry has already begun. The features of IAE and its differentiation by the number of employees are established, which causes differences in determining investment strategies and ways of commercializing innovations. It is noted that IAEs with relatively lower economic stability are most often directed towards projects with low added value, which reduces their competitiveness and profitability. It is indicated that IAE increases the need for innovations in related industries, which causes the integration of industries and the formation of driver industries that contribute to IAE of other industries. This integration will contribute to the formation of value-added chains. Originality. It is noted that the factor that begins to determine IID strategy and is the indicator of the innovative capacity of the enterprise and the industry becomes the volume of its own financing of innovations. It is indicated that inter-sectoral integration, reliance on own financial resources for innovative activity, formation of directions of innovative development by enterprise management in PWP will mark a change in hierarchical relations between business, state and society in innovative activity to network. Practical value. Identifying promising IIDs for PWP innovative recovery of the country will allow institutional and industrial structures to effectively interact primarily with industries-drivers.