Scientific and Technological Activities: Role and Place in the System of Related Concepts
One of the major indicators of the well-being of society is the level of development of science. In the transition’s context of the world economy to a new technological basis, leadership in the development of science and technology is becoming one of the key aspects of increasing competitiveness and ensuring the national security of the country. The paper discusses various approaches to such concepts definition as science, technics, technology, innovation. The author generated essence of the concept of scientific and technological activity and its importance for ensuring the functioning of science, technology and production as a single mechanism, as well as the role and place of research, scientific and technological, technical, innovative activities in creating a single chain of transferring knowledge (ideas) into an end innovative product, mass-produced. Also, the study identified the fundamental problems in the process of its creation.