Inter-Firm Cooperation as a Tool for Modernization of Economic Systems

Abstract

The article discusses the theoretical foundations and prerequisites for the development of inter-firm cooperation and various approaches and theories that contribute to the growth of research in this field. The analysis of innovation clusters as a modern form of structural formations of the economy based on inter-firm cooperation and aimed at increasing the competitive advantages of countries is given. The author shows the difference between traditional industrial clusters and innovative ones, exploring their specifics and features of functioning aimed at strengthening the modernization component.