Networked readiness index of countries, prospects of high-technology production and the position of Russia

It is impossible to imagine contemporary society without wide usage of information and communication technologies (ICT). One of the main features of ICT is the possibility to construct global scale for the activity of all agents of the world economy, the number of which constantly increases. Development of high technologies changes the structure of world market, that reflects priorities of scientific and technical policy of different countries. The article analyzes the prosesses of informational society, Networked Readiness Index, structural shifts in an industrial composition of high-technology production and changes of the HT-industry location in the world.

«Informational Society Index», «Networked Readiness Index», Research and Development intensity, manufacturing industry, high technology manufacturing industries (HT-production), structural shifts