Industrial potential is a precondition for shaping a postindustrial economy. Ukraine inherited a highly developed industry from the USSR. Many enterprises ended up with degradation of technologies, some of them were outstripped by foreign companies. However, there are enterprises and design offices in Ukraine with technologies competitive at international level.

How to advance technologies and boost competitiveness of economy sectors by upgrading the ‘old’ industry system? What should be done for the enterprises to incorporate into global labor distribution, preserving their technological advantage?