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Assessment and Cluster Analysis of Sustainable Competitiveness of Agricultural Enterprises

Anatolii Kucher
Phd in Pedagogics, Сorresponding Member of  the AES of Ukraine
ORCID 0000-0001-5219-3404
Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry named after A. N. Sokolovsky, Kharkov

Citation Format
Kucher, A. (2019). Assessment and Cluster Analysis of Sustainable Competitiveness of Agricultural Enterprises. Visnyk economichnoi nauky Ukrainy, 1(36), pp. 49-59. 

Language
 Ukrainian

Resume
In the article for the first time the assessment and cluster analysis of the sustainable competitiveness of agricultural enterprises of Ukraine was carried out. Approbation of the author’s methodology of assessment revealed a significant differentiation in the achieved level of sustainable competitiveness of agricultural enterprises at the present stage and analyze the basic reasons that form these differences in the main segments of the agricultural market. The results of cluster analysis can be used for cluster organization of competitive production and justification of zonal and regional specialization and its concentration. Practical application of the research results will contribute to informed decision-making at different levels of management.

Keywords
sustainable competitiveness, assessment, cluster analysis, agricultural enterprise.

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