COGNITIVE FACTORS OF PRODUCTION: SETTING A RESEARCH PROBLEM
The article considers the problem of researching the cognitive factors of hi-tech industry production. At present the innovative development of hi-tech enterprises is rather uneven and the problem lies not only in unfavorable external environment. Empirical studies show that the imbalances in innovative development are largely related to the internal inefficiency of the activities of science-intensive enterprises. The concept is introduced and a definition is given to the cognitive factors of production. Three main approaches constituting a systemic paradigm of research factors have been singled out. The development analysis has been carried out and the present state of the theory of factors of production is presented. The author presents her classification of cognitive factors of production and sets the problem of researching the cognitive factors of production as an aggregate of material, organizational and intellectual components of the configuration of the internal state of a high-tech enterprise. The concept of the configuration of the internal state of a high-tech enterprise is introduced. It is concluded that the uneven innovation development of a high-tech enterprise is largely due to the inefficient use of the factors of production which are the basic concept of economic theory, with such factors as knowledge, know-how, scientific and technical information being the determining ones.