Dnipropetrovsk region was among the leaders, and in 2006 the Kharkiv, Zaporozhye
and Donetsk regions also included in the high-developed cluster.
According to the results of 2006 , with a small margin from the leaders, Ternopil,
Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson, Nikolaev and Vinnitsa regions were located in the
zone of moderate development of the business environment,. However, in 2011 the
situation changed principal and this group included only Odessa, Ivano-Frankivsk and
Volyn regions. In 2016, the cluster expanded again and began to include Kharkiv,
Dnipropetrovsk, Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia, Volyn and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
The cluster of average development of the business environment, reflects the state
of development of the largest number of regions of Ukraine. In 2006 , it enumerated
Chernihiv, Khmelnytsky, Kirovograd, Chernivtsi, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Cherkasy
and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. In 2011 , the Donetsk, Vinnytsia, Ternopil and Poltava
regions were added to the list , while Chernihiv, Khmelnytsky, Kirovograd, Zhytomyr,
and Zakarpattia regions left the zone. In 2016 , the number of participants in this zone
decreased to six, namely: Khmelnytsky, Kirovograd, Cherkasy, Poltava, Mykolayiv,
Zaporozhye and Ternopil regions.
The cluster of low development of the business environment includes the regions
with an index of development of the business environment within the range of 0.350-
0.369. In 2006 , such areas were Sumy, Rivne and Poltava regions. In 2011 , the
number of participants significantly expanded, to the cluster were Nikolaev,
Zakarpattia, Kherson, Sumy, Kirovograd, Chernihiv and Zaporizhzhya regions. In
2016 , the low zone was formed by Zakarpattia, Zhytomyr, Kherson, Sumy, Odessa
and Rivne regions. The cluster of the lowest development of the business environment
includes the most depressed regions of Ukraine. In 2006 , it was only the Luhansk
region, which, by the way, remained in this zone throughout the investigated period. In
2011 to the list were added Zhytomyr and Rivne regions, and in 2016 the enumeration
was added by Chernihiv and Donetsk regions.
Thus, graphical interpretation, which is a tool for visualizing quantitative
characteristics, provides greater visibility of the research results. The obtained zoning
maps of the regions of Ukraine is a graphical interpretation of the comparative
assessment and clustering of regions according to the level of development of the
business environment. As a result, we received a formative evaluation of the business
environment of the regions in a cluster perspective, together with the idntification of
the zones of greatest conflict.
CONCLUSION
We have formulated the evaluation parameters of the development of the business
environment of the regions of Ukraine, It allowed to develop a methodological
approach to diagnose the business environment of a region, grounded in the use of
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