Bludova T.
Doctor of Economics, Professor, Department of Advanced Mathematics of
Faculty of Marketing, Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman,
Kyiv, Ukraine
Galahova T.
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Faculty of International
Economics and Management, Department of International Management, Kyiv
National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, Kyiv, Ukraine
Tokar V.
Doctor of Economics, Professor, Faculty of International Economics and
Management, Department of International Finance, Kyiv National Economic
University named after Vadym Hetman, Kyiv, Ukraine
ECONOMIC SECURITY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP: DIMENSION OF
DIVERSIFICATION
Introduction. The growing competition forces companies to find new and
effective ways to survive and prosper in the market environment. One of such methods
is diversification, which needs further research. The key reason for diversification is
the company’s desire to reduce dependency on a narrow product range. The product’s
life cycle theory states that any product earlier or later gets to the decline stage [2],
when the demand for this product falls down causing the decline in income and
company’s profitability. Therefore, companies try to diversity their business to offset
risks working in one particular sphere.
In practice, implementation of diversification is more spontaneous than managed
process. Diversification is closely linked to organizational structures of companies,
organizational and economic dimensions of management, marketing, forecasting of
production prospects, business development. We need to research different aspects of
this connects. Unfortunately, there is no appropriate methodology applying modeling
and business process planning for diversification aimed at expanding a company’s
product range. We still need to develop ways to implement diversification methods for
enhancing the efficiency of company’s organizational structure. The topical problem
is to analyze Ukrainian and foreign experience in diversification, generalize the system
of diversification methods and tools, and develop the concept and methodology for
production diversification applying elements of planning system and modeling key
spheres of business development.
Diversification is the objective economic phenomenon in development of the
whole array of economic actors of a certain economic system [7]. The essence of
diversification is the combination and engagement of different types of production,
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