Conditions of functioning of enterprises in the agrarian sector have been analyzed. It has been proved that cooperation and integration are a basis for the development of the agro-industrial complex. Necessity of developing the models of forming and managing integration processes of enterprises of the agrarian sphere has been substantiated. The use of a multiagent approach to the study of agricultural servicing cooperatives has been proposed. The developed models of social and economic systems can serve as a tool for their optimization. Such indicators as stability of the system, competitive reliability have been used. Approaches to determining the optimal potential of the system, strategies for its management have been substantiated. Based on these approaches, a model of the optimal policy for updating equipment has been determined

The study of the place and role of countries in the system of modern international relations is due to the need to identify asymmetries and contradictions that are inherent in a globalizing society. The paper is aimed at determining the global status of countries and to interpreting the present state of their positioning. Summarizing the scientific principles that form the idea of the state of the global society and options for its possible transformation confirms the relevance of the analysis on this issue. The paper presents an approach to the parametric estimation of the global status of countries, the necessity of which is due to the unresolved problem in the thematic field of these scientific studies. The methodological basis for determining the global status of countries is the synthesis of the effects of the internal factors of the national systems development by the spheres (economic, technological, social, spiritual and cultural, political, as well as the functioning of state institutions, and natural resource management), the synergistic effect of the interdependence of all components of such social and natural complexes (the effects of the aggregated endogenous factor) and the effect of globalization (the exogenous factor). By an aggregate assessment of the situation, the status of countries reflects the current picture of the world and the configuration of forces in the system of modern international relations and is also considered as a functional transformation of the globalized world. The method of scientific analysis is agglomerative clustering, conducted with a software algorithm and implemented in Python. An empirical analysis is based on data from international organizations for 2018. The analysis involves data from 142 countries. The research empirically confirms and theoretically proves the fact of the modern world asymmetry, which is a serious challenge to a globalized society. At the same time, the emergence of asymmetry is a warning; a signal of the existence of a threat of systemic contradictions on a global scale. Therefore, asymmetries contain not only the potential of destruction but also the potential for a qualitatively better restructuring of the world. Taking into account this fact and continuous monitoring of changes based on the assessment of the global status of countries allow to identify the options for the future development of civilization and to prevent such negative phenomena as global problems, risks, crises and others, including the global catastrophe. Keywords: globalization, globalized society, the global status of countries, country positioning, contradiction, asymmetry.

Development of an Agro-Food complex on the basis of economic integrationThe agro-food complex combines agriculture, food-processing industry and agricultural trade. It has been established that integration is an effective tool for formation and functioning of this complex. However, due to the unstable political and economic situation in recent years, there is a decrease in production of certain types of food in Ukraine. A vertically integrated structure which looks like a two-tier hierarchical structure has been studied. The purpose of its functioning is profit maximization at the expense of the synergetic effect, resource saving, etc. Under strict vertical integration, profit distribution can be made on the basis of distribution mechanisms of scarce resources, using priorities where expenses of enterprises can be considered a priority. The problem of formation of an effective vertically integrated structure can be brought to solving the issue of the smallest covering of a set. It has been proved that a boundary value of an index of vertical integration is determined by a share of energy resources in the process of production and the potential of their production. In Ukraine, the use of biogas complexes can provide growth of the mentioned index to 0.25. This corresponds to the ratio of energy resources in the crop production cost structure.

Investment projects are characterized by a substantial degree of uncertainty, weak predictability of environmental parameters and risks. Therefore, the risk management system is an important component of effective business planning, related to safety and financial integrity of an enterprise, and risk assessment is an important part of the project management. According to the steps of risk assessment trade enterprises require the identification of external and internal risks that may affect the effectiveness of their investment project. In this article is proposed to take into account the presence of specific risks for different phases of the project life cycle, the risks of trade enterprises, as well as the existence of risks arising from industry specifics. It is proposed to identify the risk by subgroups: risks accompanying the investment project; risks of a trading company; industry risks; macro-level risks; global risks. It is determined that external risks are characterized by such management methods as identification, forecasting, monitoring and accounting of risks; internal risks – prevention, transfer and reduction of risks. According to the selected subgroups, the risks that are characteristic of investment projects of commercial enterprises are identified. Depending on the subgroup, it is proposed to use the appropriate information and methodological support. The main global risks in the world in 2019 are analyzed. It is established that the main global risks in the world are environmental and threats caused by the development of information technology. It is determined the biggest risks Ukraine – the lack of qualified personnel, regulatory risk, operational risk, the risk associated with new/subversive technologies. It is concluded that there are differences in determining the greatest risks in the activities of economic entities in Ukraine and the world. Sectoral risks and their impact on the investment activities of commercial enterprises (economic, regulatory, institutional, political, and environmental) are identified. The internal risks influencing realization of the investment project of the trading enterprise (information, administrative, financial, marketing, logistic, technological, ecological, personnel) are revealed.

The article examines the vector and structural changes in the modern world, caused by exogenous and endogenous factors and identified on the basis of determining the countries status taking into account the processes of changing their positions according to the group affiliation (hegemonic countries, applicant countries, «third world» countries, as well as other countries which gravitate to the world vanguard or rearguard ones). The proposed methodology of research into the countries global status is based on a comprehensive approach to the analysis of socio-natural systems, presented as a combination of economic, political, innovative, social and spiritual spheres, as well as the sphere of functioning of institutions and the sphere of human interaction with nature. The k-means clustering and the fuzzy logic apparatus were used to find out the vector and structural changes taking place in a globalized society. The analysis is based on processing the country data by the following indicators: the KOF Globalization Index, the Legatum Prosperity Index, the Global Competitiveness Index, the Global Innovation Index, the Human Development Index, the Fragile States Index, and the Environmental Performance Index (2009—2018). They were selected as the attributes, the set of which allows to distinguish clusters. The countries were clustered according to the components of their socio-natural systems. According to the Index of Global Status of Countries, the place that belongs to the subjects of international relations was estimated and their status was identified. On this basis, the differences in the development of the countries were detected. Significant differences in the positioning of states in the globalized world were objectified. The conditions of the formation of countries global status and the causes of the status dynamics were revealed. The fact of asymmetry, polarization and inequality progression was proved. It was demonstrated that the study of vector and structural changes occurring in the world economic system and globalized society extends the scientific notion about the present day systemic contradiction of the post-industrial and post-capitalist eras of the globalized world being formed.