LABOR PRODUCTIVITY IN THE CONDITIONS OF INFORMATION ECONOMY
The possible modifications of postindustrial economy were regarded. The main differences between information economy and knowledge-based economy were represented. The different influence of information economy and knowledge-based economy upon labor productivity was grounded. The analysis of such factors of development as space and time was conducted with the aim to determine new effective ways of its usage. The classification of innovations based on its influence upon labor productivity was represented. The main types of innovations aimed at labor productivity improvement were determined. The special attention was paid to organizational innovations as the way to improve labor productivity. The characteristic of changes in sphere of labor and employment, connected with information economy, was represented. The factors, impeding labor productivity improvement while transition to information society, were analyzed. New opportunities for more effective use of space and time while transition to information society were determined: virtual enterprises and clusters. The characteristic of virtual enterprises as the organizational innovation in conditions of information society was represented. The basis of virtual enterprises activity was underlined: outsourcing and information-communication technologies. Outsourcing as the one of the instruments of economic specialization and labor productivity improvement was analyzed. The comparative characteristic of clusters and other organizational forms of economic environment use was represented. The important role of clusters in sphere of labor productivity and competitiveness improvement was grounded. The peculiarities of economic space usage improvement with the aid of clusters were underlined. The basic obstacles on the way of virtual enterprises and clusters wide use in practice were determined, as well as the methods of its elimination.