processes of Ukrainian economy and geographically nearest and convenient location
to key transport routes give reason to believe, that Ukraine has now all chances to
integrate in global value chains, for scene (Another China), in particular, due to its
relatively low production cost. It can be seen in world production with high-tech
developments and leading world (Know-how) in brackets (Industry 4.0) with digital
technology implementation in industry, with Ukraine participation in global production
and distribution chains. The main global factors, which determine low cost production
are: high level business, own production base, low level transport costs and cost of
resources.
It should be noted, that according to the types of economic activity, the largest
share of production integration and technological chains in Ukraine is in the
mechanical engineering, agro-industrial complex, food industry and IT-technologies.
Automotive industry as a sub-sector of engineering in Ukrainian industry carries out
the production of non-market cars (vehicles), mainly with internal combustion engines,
partially includes the production of trucks, cars, buses, trolleybuses, about 136 types
of tractors and motorcycles, as well as parts and components of spare parts of them.
Traditionally, automotive industry is a consumer of resources in such industries as steel
and non-steel industry, chemical, electrical and glass industries.
The main world leaders in automobile production and innovative technologies in
automotive industry are Germany, China, USA, France, Japan and South Korea.
Advanced production facilities are located in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Turkey,
Romania and China. Recently, Ukraine has also expanded the volume of cars
production and claimed to occupy a certain place in this list of countries. Main
competitive advantages and disadvantages of business environment for building an
automotive cluster in Ukraine can be reflected using the modified model of Michael
Porter for countries and regions, using the so-called "national diamond" [1].
It is based on analysis of region's economy state under certain conditions of
demand, prospects for development of the automotive industry, strategies and types of
competition among industries, presence of adjacent and supporting industries. It
noticed that the basis the cluster formation is a rational use of a natural geographical
location of the region, presence of foreign investment, an introduction of innovative
business processes and the newest technologies of economical production. Mobile
companies and hybrid network, reacting quickly to market changes and demand
conditions, form the basis of a new economy. Such structures provide not only
production but also sales and service of the automotive industry (distributors and
dealerships).
Current conditions. It should be noted, that the main competitive advantages of
Ukraine are logistics, low production costs, level of taxation. To logistics advantages,
let's take the following: four international transport corridors, 18 seaports along with
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