摘要：In the article the peculiarities of the formation of the innovative economy in the EU countries & in the USA are discovered. On the basis of analizing of vast statistical & theoretical material the main advantages of the innovation economy in the conditions of modern globalization are discovered. The connection between the innovative economy and the global competitiveness of the countries is proved. The main stages of the development of innovative economy in the countries of EU and in the USA are shown. The role of the supranational innovative system for the innovative development of the EU countries is analyzed. On the basis of the vast amount of the material the weak and the strong points of the innovative development of different countries and also the perspectives for their development are shown.
关键词：European countries; European Union; USA; innovative economy; supranational innovative system; innovation rating; global competitiveness
