Critical analysis of methods for assessing the level of technological development of an industrial enterprise

Simultaneously with the process of human development, the transformation of surrounding technologies follows, as evidenced by the shifts in technology revolution. Today there is a wide variety of methods for assessing the technological development for industrial enterprises, individual industries, and regions. The purpose of this study is to classify modern approaches and tools for assessing the level of technological development, their critical analysis and identification of the existing methodological gaps. As the result of literature review, the authors identify and systematize approaches and tools for assessing the technological development level, determine their relevance and popularity. The results obtained make it possible to formulate the main conclusions, which are as follows. The variety of methods and tools allows for the assessment of various aspects of technological development with varying levels of detail and accuracy. The majority of approaches are focused on a comprehensive assessment of the result of such development. Today, the use of fairly simple indicators that do not require deep justification, and a large number of methodologies that do not have empirical testing are widespread in this direction. The main conclusion is that there are no methods that take into account the specifics of high-tech industries and are focused on assessing the technological development level of such industrial enterprises among the existing methodologies. In conclusion, the authors identify a pool of indicators of technological development of an industrial enterprise, which requires further empirical research to assess the adequacy of such indicators to the specifics of high-tech industries.