In article authors considered innovative activity in national economy therefore works of domestic and foreign scientists are investigated and analysed and six main schools of sciences are created. The concepts «innovations» are opened, «the innovative environment», «innovative process», «innovative activity» and their influence on national innovative system which in turn has to create legislative and standard bases I interact with system of generation, distributions, introductions and uses of knowledge and results, also with infrastructure of innovative activity, with education, production and the market.
Keywords: innovations, innovative environment, innovative process, innovative activity, national economy