Possibility
of preservation of Kondratiev cycles in the conditions of post-industrial
economy is considered. The reasons of emergence of doubts in such opportunity
are explained. The dimensional structure of business answering to nature of
post-industrial demand is presented. The role of complexity of innovations,
network effects, inertia of economic institutes in preservation of recurrence
of development of economy during a post-industrial era is shown. The special
attention is paid to not monotony of accumulation of knowledge.The relationship
between changes in the financing of basic research in the United States and the
phases of the long wave of economic development is explained.
Keywords: Kondratiev cycles,
post-industrial economy, network effects, long waves in economy, innovation.