Diagnostics of entrepreneurial activity in Ukraine in the context of information support for sustainable development of territories

Abstract

The relevance of the research topic is due to the need to use the tools of economic diagnostics to identify problems of entrepreneurship development in the regions of Ukraine and develop measures for state support of the private sector of the economy, which is especially important in the context of overcoming the consequences of hostilities and ensuring sustainable development of territories. In view of this, the aim of the article is to formulate recommendations for diagnosing the level of entrepreneurship development in the regions of Ukraine in the context of information support for sustainable development of territories. To achieve this goal, the article substantiates the criteria that characterize the regions of Ukraine, considering the main factors of entrepreneurship development. To generalize the primary information, the work uses the method of normalization, which made it possible to apply the method of integral assessment and determine the integral indicator of entrepreneurship development for each region. According to the results of the ranking of regions according to this criterion, the article identifies both regions with high business activity of business entities (Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa and Kharkiv) and those that need state support in the field of organization of entrepreneurial activity (Ternopil, Sumy, Rivne, Chernihiv, Kherson, Chernivtsi, and Luhansk). According to the results of the study, a high level of disproportionality of entrepreneurship development in the regions of Ukraine has been identified, which is due to the centralization of financial, material, and intellectual resources at the present stage of development of the State. In practice, the key results of the study can be the basis for the development and improvement of the strategy for the development of entrepreneurship in Ukraine at the regional level. The article also formulates the most important promising directions for studying the problems of entrepreneurship development at the regional level using methods of economic diagnostics in the context of sustainable development.