The role of the entrepreneurial University at formation of the innovation activities of SMEs in the region

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to demonstrate the approaches to the development of entrepreneurial qualities to enhance innovative activity and purposeful development of innovative capacity of Kharkov Region and Ukraine. The approaches to the development of entrepreneurial qualities to enhance innovative activity and purposeful development of innovative capacity of Kharkov Region and Ukraine based on European practices are demonstrated in the article. In this article is important to study the interaction of society, the university and SMEs to form the most favorable conditions for innovative activity in the region and the economy as a whole. The publication is devoted to the peculiarities of the formation of entrepreneurial, research and communication skills in the student community needs for SMEs. The survey of enterprises that was helped to get an understanding of existing innovation practices of enterprises in Kharkiv Region and to determine the role of universities in the innovation activities.