Managing the economic security of enterprises in coopetition

Abstract

Purpose. Formulation of the main conditions for the emergence of cooperatives, study of its features in the perspective of economic security of cooperative enterprises and its inherent specific risks, definition of basic measures to ensure economic security in the cooperative. Methodology. The study used general and special research methods: the method of critical analysis, scientific abstraction and generalization of scientific experience of modern theoretical research, system-integrated approach. Findings. From many economic factors, the main conditions for the emergence of coopetition are distinguished; its features are identified, which can significantly affect the level of economic security of cooperative enterprises. The existing organizational and legal forms of association of enterprises with different degrees of strength and development of structural and functional relations in the application of coopetition and their classification are studied. Specific risks of economic security of business activity at cooperative are defined. Based on the research, a list and content of the main measures to ensure economic security in the cooperative are formulated. Originality. The given definition of co-operation, in contrast to the existing ones, reveals its security essence as a strategy of coopetition, which allows optimal use of resource potentials of interdependent entities of consolidated management structures with respect to the acceptable level of their economic security. The features and specific risks of coopetition identified in the article in the perspective of economic security of cooperating enterprises allow adjusting the task of increasing the level of their protection, and contribute to the development of a strategy for maximum security of coopetition of interconnected business structures. Amethodological approach was further developed to choosing organizational and legal forms of establishing enterprises with different capacity and development of structural and functional links when applying cooperation. Practical value. Theoretical provisions of the study on specific risks and the content of the main measures to ensure economic security can be used in strategic and tactical planning of enterprises in coopetition.