Analysis of economic development of Ukraine regions based on taxonomy method

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to assess the impact of the investment and innovation components on the economic development of Ukraine regions using the taxonomy method. The proposed method allows determining the object state level in a general set of objects, and ordering the objects according to growth or decrease of the indicators. The article substantiates the necessity to assess the dynamics of the regional economic development level in order to identify the reserves and capacities for increasing profitability and efficiency of further activities. The integral indicator of the regions’ development level is calculated. The comparative analysis is carried out within the framework of the proposed model. The research results suggest that the proposed model enables us to trace the causes of the negative phenomena occurrence in the activities of the regions, to prevent their occurrence, and to develop complex managerial influences to provide the state with a vector of positive development.