| Abstract [eng] |
Rapidly developing technologies, their application and implementation in the activities of companies is one of the most important factors ensuring growth and promotion of competitiveness in internal and foreign markets. The industrial sector makes a significant contribution to the production added value. The low – tech sector is predominant in the Lithuanian manufacturing industry. In the past years the focus has been on high – tech industries, that are being identified as more productive market, creating higher value products and responding more quickly to market changes. The thesis consists of four parts. The first part evaluates Lithuanian high – tech industry structural part in the manufacturing sector. It is estimated that the high-tech industries (C21 and C26) have the smallest structural part of the manufacturing sector. Although the growth is observed, but it is not trendy and stable. In the second part, the most recurring factors, driving growth in technology-intensive industies, are being highlighted. Third part presents methods, to be used in next part, to evaluate high – tech industry development factors: summary innovation index (SII), R&D expenditures, foreign direct investments, export (of Lithuanian origin) and tangible and intangible investments. The analysis of the dynamics of the indicators revealed that the high – tech industry is dynamic sector with unstable changes in growth. Lithuania, assessing the values of the SII, is classified as a moderate innovator. Although the SII growth in 2018 was the largest in the whole EU, but in terms of evaluated aspects Lithuania is behind the innovation leaders. Correlation analysis showed that the increase in Lithuanian high-tech industrial production is strongly related to Lithuanian origin exports. Granger causality revealed that industrial production changes may be affected by R&D expenditures, but the positive impact is being noticed in the long run. The main problem hindering the growth of the Lithuanian high-tech industry is the lack of tendentious and stable financing for R&D activities and inefficient use of funds. A focused and coherent long-term strategy is particularly important for the future development of the high – tech industry. |
