PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN THE FIELD OF INNOVATIONS AS AN EFFECT OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Urgency of the research. Public - private partnership (PPP) is now recognized as an important tool for promoting innovations. This is due to many reasons, among which: lack of budget resources, low level of commercialization of inventions of public research institutions, low level of cooperation between public and private research institutions, etc. Target setting. In the conditions of a shortage of financial resources, one of the options for providing resources for innovations in both the economy and other spheres of economic life the use of private business opportunities in the form of public-private partnership (PPP) could be considered useful that is seen as a manifestation of social responsibility. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. The issues of PPP development as a form of effect of social responsibility in the field of innovations were studied by both native scholars (V. M. Heyets, O. M. Golovinov, A. F. Melnik, I. V. Mosiichuk) and foreign researchers (M. Geddes, M. Łakomy-Zinowik, N. Lee, P. de Witte) et al. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. PPP in the sphere of innovations is a relatively new topic and the issue of seeking the ways for innovative development of the economy, based on social responsibility and cooperation between the public, business and society is not analyzed enough in the national scientific field. The research objective. Analysis of peculiarities of introduction of innovations using the PPP mechanism on the basis of social responsibility. The statement of basic materials. The article is focused on analysis of the usage of public and private business cooperation in the form of public-private partnership in sphere of innovations development. The PPP in the present research is defined as an innovative form of development of public infrastructure and the allocation of related services. The tasks that the public pursues via the usage of public-private partnership in the innovation sector are identified. The attention is paid to the role of PPP in the innovation field of particular countries. Conclusions. The main purpose of the PPP in the field of innovations can be both the introduction of inventions into the market and their commercialization, the exchange of results of scientific researches between the public and private business, as well as increase of global competitiveness of the national economy.