Tasks of innovation development and corporate methods of inventors' stimulation

The article examines evolution of approaches to innovation activity at various stages of economic system development, defines the leading role of innovations in postindustrial society - both at macro-and micro-levels. By applying the tools of system approach the article defines relation between processes of intensification of companies' innovation activity and complex transformation of modern management business-models. Based on the results of surveys and practical researches the article determines the key factors that influence the characteristics of innovation processes of a business-organization. The most important of them are the following: human resources capacity of a company, organization of innovation processes management as well as motivation system for creation of own designs/inventions and attraction of know-how from "open" market. Determination of modern targets of a company's innovation activity and obstacles for its development enabled the author to suggest a complex of priority goals aimed at improvement of innovation processes management and competitiveness of the company. These goals are based on development and introduction of efficient system of material and moral incentives that motivates all participants of innovation processes to achieve excellent final results. First of all, that concerns researchers, as well as manufacturers, commercial departments' staff, investors (financiers).In view of the above mentioned, the article represents the system of innovation development tasks in companies and justifies the key role of an incentive system for developers/designers in the process of these tasks implementation.