Innovation as a way to create a competitive advantage of enterprises in the era of sustainable development

Abstract

The digest presents materials of analytical stage of international scientific and educational project and contains the research results on various aspects of innovation tools to promote the goals of sustainable development at the local level. The digest is an organic combination of theoretical and practical author's developments, prepared on the basis of empirical analysis of the EU experience; conceptual bases of formation of innovation policy of regional development in the country as a whole and actual experience of decentralization in regions and its impact on social and economic sphere of regions.Key words: sustainable development goals, innovations, strategy, local communities.