THE INNOVATIVE CORPORATE UNIVERSITY AS A MODERN FORM OF THE INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND BUSINESS

The topicality of the study is caused by a number of factors, the most important of which is the state of war in our country at present. These days all the resources of Ukraine are aimed to ensure military victories as a guarantee of the independence and sovereignty of our state. However, we suppose that the post-war reconstruction of all the life-sustaining spheres of the country is just as important. An unconditional primacy in the revival of the country is the economic direction, the restoration of industrial capacity and the increase of Ukraine's competitiveness on this basis at the global level. These problems were considered as priorities at the Conference for the Renovation of Ukraine, which took place in Lugano, Switzerland, on June 4-5, 2022 (URC 2022). A number of national programs represented within this Conference define the term of their implementation by 2032 and include not only the recovery of economy and defensibility of the country but also such directions as business environment, health-care, education, science, environmental protection, culture and sports. Due to the importance of the tasks, we suppose that their solution is inseparably connected with the innovative direction of the development of these areas, which is based on the integration of science, education and business.The strategic guidelines for the development of Ukraine's educational sphere, higher education in particular, were determined in the document represented by the Education and Science Ministry of Ukraine - the Development Strategy for Higher Education in Ukraine for 2021-2031 (2020). The necessity of the integration of science, education and business for providing the economic growth in the country is pointed out there as one of the strategic directions. We suppose that applying the practice of forming the innovative corporate universities in Ukraine will contribute to the solution of this task.The aim of the study is to define the role of the innovative corporate university in the development of the integration of science, education and business.Materials and methods. The methods of ascending from abstract to concrete, as well as the scientific hypothesis have been chosen as the fundamental methods of the study. Theoretical generalisation and analysis of the literature on the research problem has been performed. Empirical and theoretical knowledge has been compared and systematised. Statistical and graphical techniques of analysis, as well as the advanced experience of the development of corporate universities at the global level, have been used for analysing the official data of Holon IQ.Research results. The work analyses the main objective prerequisites for the appearance of corporate universities connected with forming the elements of knowledge economy at the global level. The definitions of the corporate university provided by various scientists are critically examined, on which basis the authors offer the interpretation of the term "corporate university", where the accent is made on the importance of innovative content of the educational process in such an institution. The functions of the corporate universities and their basic organisation methods are considered. The researchers conclude that the innovative corporate university is the most progressive form, which corresponds to the specifics of the transition period towards the knowledge economy.Conclusion. The creation of the innovative type of a corporate university can be considered as one of the effective methods of providing the strategic competitiveness of a company on the basis of enhancing the innovative activity as a priority area of investing into the human capital development of a company.