Possibility of positioning the intellectual capital as the factor of economic stability of the
enterprise was investigated. Correlation of intellectual capital and innovation component of
economic stability of the enterprise justified. The feasibility to study intellectual capital in the
framework of economic stability of the machine-building enterprise was installed. The need to
adapt the classification of the intellectual capital as a factor of economic stability of the
enterprises of machine-building industry was defined. The use of human and organizational
capital, as part of the intellectual capital of the machine-building enterprise was considered.
Qualitative and quantitative aspects of the evaluation of the intellectual capital in the context
of economic stability of the enterprises of machine-building industry were analyzed. The
adaptive system of indicators for the determination the influence of intellectual capital on the
integrated indicator of economic stability of the enterprise was proposed. The procedure of
using the system of indicators of intellectual capital to determine the level of the integral
indicator of economic stability of the enterprise has been disclosed. The need to develop the
intellectual capital for ensuring economic stability of the machine-building enterprise was
analytically proved. Characteristic features of the intellectual capital in the context of
establishing economic stability of the machine-building enterprises were given. The procedure of building intellectual capital as a factor of economic stability of the enterprise has been
described. Risks of using intellectual capital to ensure the economic stability of machine-
building enterprise were identified.