The purpose of this article is to study the economic role of intellectual capital and the characteristics of its reproduction mechanism and inclusion in economic circulation. It is emphasized that understanding the patterns of the process of intellectual capital inclusion and creating the necessary conditions for this are currently the most topical problems of economic theory and practice. The article studies the economic role of intellectual capital and the features of its reproduction mechanism and inclusion in the economic circulation using the comparative method as a research method.

This article examines the main specific features of the development of information and communication services in modern conditions, the adaptation of the structure of information and communication services to the requirements of the modern economy, as well as important aspects of the scientific substantiation of an effective business model inherent in a competitive high-tech sector.

The article describes the approaches of foreign scientists to the concept of the creative economy and its constituent industries. The American and British approaches to the main sectors of the creative economy are compared. In 1900-2008 trends in the development of the creative working class in the structure of the US working class were studied. Based on the UK methodology, the state of development of the creative economy in Uzbekistan is analyzed from the point of view of its constituent industries and the number of employees. Scientific proposals and practical recommendations aimed at developing the creative economy in Uzbekistan have also been developed.