RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN UKRAINE

We used to think that research and development centers are most often not an independent component - they can be complementary to one or another institution, or part of the state, but very rarely - a variant of a fairly highly competitive business. Let's first take a look at what a research and development center is and what it does.

So, first, it’s worth noting that r&d centers are institutions created specifically for the organization and conduct of scientific research and development. Such centers in the modern sense began to emerge only at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, that is, relatively recently, and the reason for their creation was the need to study new organizational forms of work. Thus, a certain number of scientists, specialists, and researchers who study the same field of science - medicine, IT, or the humanities, cooperate to achieve common goals. The result of such activity is the release of a new competitive product or service. Thus, we can already say that this form of business is viable in a competitive environment, but more on that later.

For example, it’s no secret that the National Academy of Sciences is considered the main center of scientific research in Ukraine, and the history of its founding, which dates back to the distant 1918, belongs to one of the greatest achievements of Ukrainian culture in the first half of the 20th century.

In addition, today the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is making a lot of efforts to develop international scientific relations and integration into the world scientific community. The institutions of the Academy are actively involved in the implementation of joint research under direct bilateral agreements with foreign scientific organizations, as well as with grants from many international scientific foundations and programs. Contacts have been established and agreements have been concluded with academies of sciences and research centers in more than 50 countries in Europe, the USA, and Asia.

You will agree that finding a place, hiring employees, equipping a workplace, and taxes is an expensive business for many people who are or are thinking about starting a business offshore (by creating an offshore software development team in Ukraine). But if we are talking about Ukraine, here we can safely say that the price corresponds to the quality.

Let's look at this with an illustrative example. We want to create a competitive IT research and development center in Ukraine. First of all, we need to find specialists, which is actually not as difficult as it seems at first glance. The most common and proven search option is outstaffing agencies, but we also don’t exclude such options as bulletin boards and search through acquaintances. It cannot be denied that Ukrainian specialists are in demand in the European and Western labor markets, because it’s not uncommon, thanks to perseverance and love for their work, that they become leaders in many projects. And as a main plus for a businessman, Ukrainians sensibly evaluate their work and will not unreasonably raise prices for their work, but in the future don’t hope that you can find a qualified specialist who will agree to work for a penny.

Now let's look for a place where we would like to place our research center. Let's start with the most important and decisive moment - low rent and property tax. It’s not difficult to compare and verify this, you just need to drive in the search engine “rent housing/premises in Kyiv for a year”, and, for example, “rent the same area of ​​housing in the USA”, and you will understand how significant your cost savings will be.

It should also be noted that by choosing Ukraine, you give yourself and your employees the opportunity to enjoy not only work but also the beautiful sights and landscapes of both the capital and other cities of the country. And as a result of this monologue, we can say that by choosing the right vector of movement and setting a goal, this business format is very viable in the realities of the Ukrainian IT market.

The topic of popularization of research and development centers is just beginning to gain momentum, but not without that, many people already hear about it. We live in the era of technology, in the era of outstanding scientific discoveries that humanity has been able to achieve thanks to scientific research. Piece intelligence, the first synthetic DNA, a quantum computer, and vaccines that have been developed over the years - all this is already a reality thanks to the continuous work of r&d centers.

As for the opening of an r&d center in the realities of the Ukrainian market, we can only say one thing - Ukraine has created ideal conditions for this, which we have repeatedly listed in this article. In addition, it is no secret to anyone that Ukraine is now going through not the easiest times, namely a war, and many advanced European countries are openly supported not only with words but also with material resources. But even this won’t become an obstacle in unlocking the potential of this country in the near future. In this case, the opening of a research and development center in Ukraine won’t only be a profitable business, but also a kind of support in such a difficult situation.

We hope this article was useful for you, and that you are one step closer to creating an r&d center in such a beautiful country as Ukraine.

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