Knowledge-based economy in the European Union: creation process, the main typicalities and problems of clusterization

Abstract

The main result of the completed research is the concept of strategies oriented towards integration and synthesis, the basis for which is the universal principle of „creation of a new quality“: we should utilize this principle in elaborating and implementing the strategies for creation of knowledge based economy in the European Union. Key tasks of our completed research have been the following: demonstrate the fact that knowledge based society and knowledge based economy in the European Union should be created according to the universal principle of „creation of a new quality; prove the necessity to create and apply the strategies oriented towards innovation, integration and synthesis; reveal the essence of the rational specialization of national and regional economies; show the necessity of creation and expansion of regional, cross-regional and international innovation networks of clusters and economic “oases” in the European Union; demonstrate the fact that networking of science and technology parks and business centers is the first stage of the knowledge based economy creation process; show the necessity of the networking of science and technology parks and business centers in the context of knowledge based economy creation processes in Lithuania.