Possibilities of applying the concept of an entrepreneurial state to ensure structural and innovative transformations during the post-war recovery of Ukraine's economy

Introduction. Ukraine is faced with the acute problem of overcoming the significant economic and technological lag behind the developed countries of the world, caused both by the poor economic policy carried out in previous decades, and by the catastrophic losses of the national economy due to the unleashed war of the russian federation against Ukraine. At the government level, recipes for post-war economic recovery, as in the pre-war period, do not go beyond the neoliberal mainstream. At the same time, in the national scientific discussion, in view of the considerable global experience of developing successful economies, the question of the key role of the state in the development of the country is increasingly being raised. In this regard, the study of the concept of the entrepreneurial state, which was formed in theory and implemented in practice in the most advanced cranes of the world, deserves special attention in order to establish the possibilities of its application to ensure the reconstruction of Ukraine on a qualitatively new basis. Purpose. To reveal the main provisions of the concept of an entrepreneurial state, to outline the features and possibilities of its application in Ukraine to ensure catch-up development and structural and innovative transformations during the post-war recovery of the economy. Results. The basics of the concept of an entrepreneurial state, according to which the state behaves as a venture investor, is the main actor in the initiation, development and support of fundamentally new, breakthrough and revolutionary scientific and technical developments and technologies throughout the entire innovation cycle, which lay the foundation for a new technical and economic the paradigm of social development and the structure of the economy, form new markets that would never have been created by private business alone due to the uncertainty factor of future innovations. The entrepreneurial state primarily sets broad social and economic goals, involves society and business on a partnership and horizontal network basis to identify problems and determine the directions of transformations, and systematically forms an institutional and regulatory environment for this. Attention is drawn to the possibilities, features and differences from developed countries in the application of this concept for the post-war recovery of Ukraine are revealed.