Egorova M.S. 1
1 National research Tomsk polytechnical university
The concept «technological changes» of a context of two industrial revolutions is considered. The interrelation between the concepts «innovations» and «changes» is established. Definition is given to process of innovative development. Influence of introduction of new industrial technologies on economic growth and population standard of living is described. Importance of application of the term «technology» (from Greek teche – art and logos – the word, the doctrine) in research is defined that it is considered as the objective, financially created form of existence of technological changes.Conclusions that technological changes – the category which is widely applied in modern economic literature, however more it corresponds to a perspective of innovative and technological management are drawn. Its sources – in the concept «technology» which is considered as «methods of production of products with application of the established processes, tools, the materials demanding from people of some skills, knowledge, division of functions and cooperation, discipline of the general work». Innovations in establishment of many scientists is a change, but technological changes aren’t reduced to technological innovations. This concept much more widely also takes in itself all changes of technological system both unconditional, and conditional.