CONTENT AND SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL WAYS
The paper analyses economic relations related to the establishment and development of new technological structures based on advanced technologies: information, cognitive, nano- and biotechnologies. The paper aims to reveal the content and specificity of the new technological structures that have emerged and rapidly spread in developed countries and are taking hold in Russia. The methodology of the study includes general scientific methods and principles, and approaches used in the theory of economics. The results of the study have shown that the basis for new technological structures is growing NBIC-convergence which directly or indirectly determines the nature, methods and dynamics of modern social and economic processes. The study may serve as a guide for further research in this area and improving the economic development strategy of the country.