MODERNIZATION AS THE KEY ELEMENT OF INNOVATIVE PROGRESS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• Main Author: PEPA TARAS
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cahul State University ”B.P.Hasdeu” 2018-05-01
• Series: Scientific Journal of Cahul "Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu" State University: Economic & Engineering Studies
• Online Access: http://jees.usch.md/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/tema2.4.pdf

The article presents modernizational changes as the driver for innovative development which is characteristic of the modern trend of transition to the new level of technological and social development marked by the knowledge-based economy and network society. Explained is the intrinsic characteristic of modernization which is to help alleviate negative side-effects normally associated with drastic and rapid changes in the course of technological revolutions. Social impact of the modernizational advance along with the social modernization phenomenon are examined with recognition that their produce direct and most serious influence on the lifestyle and wellbeing of the people. Furthermore, efficient modernizational strategies, which should result in the most effective synergetic outcome of the transformational progress, are reviewed along with the key modernizational goals explained and substantiated. Proceeding from the fundamental paradigm that innovation lies at the heart of all current modernizational processes, the parametrical analysis and evaluation of the modernizational potential is presented as one of the principal elements in the process of developing national innovation strategies