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Научное обозрение. Экономические науки
ISSN 2500-3410
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DEFINITION OF ESSENCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE CONCEPTS «INNOVATION», «CHANGE» AND «TECHNOLOGY»

Egorova M.S. 1
1 National research Tomsk polytechnical university
Modern approaches to a definition of the concept «technology» are very various and have a problematic nature. The conducted research of different definitions of the concept «innovation», leads to a conclusion that the special content of this definition is made by changes, and key function of innovative activity change function is considered. Technological changes in understanding of the author include both directed and controlled, and uncontrollable changes of a condition of technological system and a trajectory of its formation. The author the following definition of the term «Technological Changes» is offered. Technological changes are some kind of «renovation» of one or many characteristics of technology by others according to the contents elements under the influence of internal and (or) external conditions. The following conclusions are drawn. Technological changes – the category which is widely applied in modern economic literature, however more it corresponds to a perspective of innovative and technological management. 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».