Innovative technologies and scientific solutions for industries. 2017. No. 1 (1) 98 UDC 33:338 N. AVANESOVA, Y. CHUPRIN
ENTERPRISE ECONOMIC SECURITY: ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONCEPTThe subject matter of the study is determining the essence of economic security. The aim is to systematize the approaches to the interpretation of the concept "enterprise economic security". The immediacy of the study is motivated by the lack of consistency, coordination and common views on the discourse in this area, as well as insufficiently substantiated offers for implementing modern methods and models of economic security management at all levels of economy. At the same time, despite a large number of publications, there remain many unsolved problems in the management of economic security, which is the main component of protection against threats, both at the state level and at the level of business entities such as enterprises and organizations. The following methods of theoretical and empirical research were used: logical generalization -to substantiate the relevance of the topic, the goals and objectives of the study, to determine the essential features of the problem; analysis and synthesis -to describe the theories of economic security. Economic security of an enterprise gives rise to a company's capability to develop, increase its competitiveness and the competitiveness of its products, sustain its position on competitive markets, and characterizes the strength and economic potential of enterprises to counteract the negative impact of the external and internal environment. At the same time, the company's economic security mirrors the conditions of its protection against any threats which are achieved due to the use of existing and potential resources of the company in order to ensure its safe operation in the long run. Keywords: economic security, enterprise economic security, approaches for determining the economic security essence, a subject of economic activity, classification features of economic security.
IntroductionIn the context of constant environmental threats modern business entities are increasingly facing problems of ensuring the effectiveness of their activities, which is caused by the fact that emerging phenomena and trends of the development in the environment do not always have a positive impact on the operation of economic entities. Some changes in the environment result in dangers and threats to an enterprise and, sometimes, act as catalysts for deterioration of its condition. That is why the necessity to protect enterprise activity as well as its position on competitive markets, which consequently ensures the economic security of business entities, is a logical response to negative changes in the environment.
Analysis of literature sources and problem settingMany scholars focused on the problem of determining the essence of economic security, among them are: V. Their researches reveal the essence of economic security, factors that influence it, as well as approaches to determining the ess...
