UDC 334.012.64:334.722(477.83); JEL R11, R32 Lazanovskyy, P. P., & Oneshchak, O. Ya. (2017). Analitychna otsinka nadiynosti provadzhennya pidpryyemnyts'koyi diyal'nosti malymy pidpryyemstvamy L'vivs'koyi oblasti [Analytical assessment of the reliability of entrepreneurial activity conducted by small enterprises of Lviv region]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 86(4), 121-130. [in Ukrainian]. Sources: 9
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In the article the issues of entrepreneurial activity conducting are investigated, in particular, the analysis of its reliability. The topicality of this issue is determined by the current special role of entrepreneurship in forming of the financial, economic and social development indicators of both the state as a whole and of its individual regions. The generalized analysis of the main statistical indicators of enterprises in Ukraine and Lviv oblast was performed for 2010 and 2016, and it showed that small and medium entrepreneurship is dominant in it. Reliability of conducting business activity is one of the most important characteristics, therefore it is necessary to have an objective assessment of it. The author’s study of reliability as the ability of objects (processes) to maintain the necessary properties for a long period of time has shown that it is not sufficiently studied in relation to economic systems, and especially at the macro level – the level of region or of state. In the paper the methodology for analyzing the reliability of entrepreneurial activity is proposed and tested on the example of statistics of small enterprises of Lviv region. The value of partial and integral index-coefficients of performance reliability estimation for the activity of small enterprises in Lviv region is received. The scale of assessing the degree of reliability of entrepreneurial activity is recommended, depending on the value of the reliability index. Conclusions regarding the directions of increasing the reliability of entrepreneurial activity at the regional level and the necessity of its analytical research are made. It is determined that the prospects of further investigation of this problem should concern certain types of activities, subjects of entrepreneurial activity, etc., using new qualitative methods of analysis and economic and mathematical methods.
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entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial activity, reliability, small enterprises, analysis
The article is devoted to the evaluation of business activities localization. Ukrainian scientific literature contains some aspects of considered issues. The most used indicator that allows evaluating the concentration of business activity is the localization coefficient. Author interpretation of the term «localization of business activities» has been suggested, it means process of concentration of business activity in certain points (or areas) of space, which are characterized by a high level of involvement in national and international networks of production, exchange and consumption. Increased attention to the study of the localization has been generated by the need of responding to the changes caused by the global economy. A review of the literature has been carried out about the methodological approaches to measuring the spatial localization of business activities. The potential use of these techniques in Ukrainian realities has been assessed. The strengths and weaknesses of each method have been considered. It has been shown that the next approach had an aim to neutralize the shortcomings of previous developments, as well as to take into account the existing features of the placement of business activity in space. As a result, many different methodological approaches to the evaluation of localization of economic activity are currently available, including modifications. The variety of approaches to measure the spatial location of business activities should be explained by the complexity of the investigated phenomenon, especially at current stage when scientists permanently discover previously unknown factors of the concentration in a particular place. The necessity of implementing them in a systematic monitoring process of spatial localization has been underlined. This will create the basis for regulation of these processes. Measurement of localization at the regional level allows, firstly, identifying the causes of uneven economic development, and accordingly developing of adequate instruments of these phenomena regulation (or mitigation of adverse effects). Secondly, through assessment, regulation and forecasting of business localization local authorities can influence the structure of the regional economy.
localization of business, localization coefficient, Gini coefficient, EG-index, D-index, distance-based methods, regulation of business localization
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UDC 332.15:334.722; JEL P25, R32, R58