The information technology industry as one of the most important sectors of the Ukraininan economy

Abstract

EN: Statement of the problem. High-tech projects are in demand around the world, have high liquidity, and are not territorially bound. They are cosmopolitan. Fixed assets and manpower in the industry are mobile, modern communication makes it possible not to gather staff in one place. IT-sphere is the future, and that is why it is so attractive to investors. Ukraine is the largest market of IT Outsourcing in Central and Eastern Europe. Quite tolerable requirements for Ukrainian labor market, taking into account significantly lower wages than at the West, promote growth of interest of the western investors to the Ukrainian IT-industry. As this branch is rapidly developing in Ukraine for the past several years, it became one of the leaders of international outsourcing market.