Study in Driving Strategy and Analysis of Sustainable and Symbiosis Development Relationship between Agricultural Industrial Clusters and Agricultural Logistics Industry

Due to a lack of profound disclosure of the internal mechanism for the symbiotic development of agricultural industrial clusters and agricultural logistics industry, the current study finds it difficult to form specific and implementable driving countermeasures well. Quantitative research on their symbiotic development and evolution is an important method to promote the further development of agricultural industry and agricultural logistics industry. In this paper, the factors affecting the sustainable symbiotic development relationship are analyzed between agricultural industry clusters and agricultural logistics industry with explanatory structural equation, and a system-driving model is constructed for the symbiotic development of agricultural enterprise clusters and agricultural logistics industry. The analysis indicated that, for the symbiotic development of agricultural enterprise clusters and agricultural logistics industry, the macro policy orientation is the fundamental driving force and the symbiotic development effect is its final result. Seven driving paths are refined, and the relevant countermeasures to promote the sustainable development of agricultural industrial clusters and agricultural logistics industry are put forward one at a time.

Market Commonality and Competition in Communities—An Empirical Study Based on Bidding Data of the Construction Market

In contrast to traditional enterprise rivalry, the construction market competition is irregular on the surface due to the randomization of client targets and the one-time competition organization, which conflicts with construction businesses’ perceptions of the nature and future trend of rivalry. Therefore, contractors urgently need to accurately understand the competitive environment in which they will operate. In construction, few empirical studies exist on competitive environments from the standpoint of enterprise-to-enterprise competitive interactions. Based on market commonality, several hypotheses concerning the competitive pattern of the construction market have been proposed. To test these, a model of competing relationship networks is created using 7402 bid-winner notices for construction projects in Chongqing, China, from 2015 to 2018, followed by quantitative analysis and discussion of the model’s characteristic features. The findings suggest that there is a “community-type” rivalry in the building market, which represents the essential characteristics of market commonality. The research shows that the competitive action of construction enterprises is affected by construction technology, industrial division of labor and regional markets, and the competitive relationship between them tends to be “strong-strong”. This study reveals that the “community” competitive relationship in the construction industry may be a unique phenomenon, expands the application and development of market commonality and enterprise clusters in the construction economy, and provides theoretical guidance for construction enterprises to accurately recognize competitive behavior and decision making.

Dynamic Analysis of a Competition-Cooperation Enterprise Cluster with Core-Satellite Structure and Time Delay

Core and satellite structure is one of the common structures in enterprise clusters. In core and satellite structure, there are one core enterprise and at least two satellite enterprises. There exist a competitive relationship between satellite enterprises and a cooperative relationship between satellite enterprise and core enterprise. However, the dynamic evolution of competition-cooperation enterprise clusters with core-satellite structure is not well understood. In this paper, a novel competition-cooperation enterprise cluster model with core-satellite structure is proposed. The boundedness of the positive equilibrium is investigated. It is found that there exists upper bound of both core enterprise output and satellite enterprise output and the upper bound of core enterprise not only depends on its own production capacity but also depends on the production capacity of two satellite enterprises. Then, by selecting the production period as bifurcating parameter, the conditions of local stability and Hopf bifurcation are obtained. Once the production period passes a critical value, the output of both core enterprise and satellite enterprise loses stability and displays periodic fluctuations. This may lead to the decline of efficiency of enterprise and resource mismatch. Furthermore, the fluctuation properties are studied. Finally, a numerical example is presented to show the effectiveness of theorem.

Informal Sources of Microfinance and Profitability of Micro and Small Enterprises Clusters in South-East Nigeria

Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) have been found to be engines of growth, drivers of production, income generation, job creation, and tools for poverty reduction. The source of microfinance is important because at the center of every enterprise objective is profitability. MSEs in South-East Nigeria have not played these important roles effectively due to the challenges of access to finance and a host of other factors. The main thrust of this article is to evaluate the effectiveness of informal microfinance sources on the profitability of MSEs in Southeast Nigeria. The study employed a multistage sampling technique in cluster selection from three industrial cities and generated relevant data through questionnaires. A sample of 540 enterprises out of 1994 enterprises was selected across different clusters comprising enterprises under production, trade, and services in the three cities. Employing a regression technique, the study found that informal microfinance sources have impact on the profitability of MSEs. The study further found that enterprises patronized the informal source because of quick responses and personal relationship (social capital). The study recommends that microfinance policy framework and interventions should encourage official microfinance providers to have their location closer to the enterprise clusters with the appropriate regulatory guarantee for operators.

Modeling and optimization issues in reducing aerosol pollution of the atmosphere over industrial zones

The article is devoted to modeling and optimization issues at measures realization to reduce aerosol pollution of the atmosphere over a cluster of industrial zones. The model synthesis problems of the optimal meteorological conditions enabling to the minimum total aerosol pollution of the atmosphere over enterprise clusters, taking into account the possibility of aerosol leaching in the lower atmosphere using the formation of artificial rains by actively influencing on rain clouds are considered. The problem of optimizing meteorological conditions formulated and solved in this article in order to reduce total aerosol pollution over industrial enterprises of a single cluster allows defining the optimal relationship of the height of the aerosol pollution layer and the droplet size of the artificially caused rains. Keywords optimization; aerosol pollution; atmosphere; cluster; industrial enterprises; artificial rain; leaching

ФІНАНСОВО-ЕКОНОМІЧНЕ РЕГУЛЮВАННЯ ІННОВАЦІЙНОГО РОЗВИТКУ КЛАСТЕРООБ’ЄДНАНИХ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ В УКРАЇНІ

The paper presents the results of a comparative study on current financing practices for innovative activity which demonstrates that the European Union has access to a wide range of sources of finance for research and innovations. In contrast to European practice, the regulation framework in Ukraine in fact relates to budget funds allocation, only, which is sufficient for mere base funding. It is argued that in modern realia, a necessary step forward should be the development of a relevant toolkit to ensure government support for boosting innovations in small and medium-sized businesses, in particular, the creation of a separate institution to support innovative development of enterprise clusters. In order to address the most pressing socioeconomic issues, such as challenges for the quality of economic growth through the development of innovative high-tech clusters, enhancing the economy competitiveness or integration into the international research and technology initiatives, programs and alliances to help domestic companies gain their competitive edge, there is a critical need to improve the government support policies and guidelines for further entrepreneurship development. Reasons have been provided that the most effective ways to attract foreign investments refer to expanding the forms of their attraction, establishing the national government regulations for signing production sharing agreements while using different funding sources to differentiate the terms of investment agreements between domestic and foreign businesses, along with building a number of strategies towards Ukrainian stock market stabilization, etc.

ФОРМУВАННЯ ТА РОЗВИТОК КЛАСТЕРООБ’ЄДНАНИХ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ НА КОНТРОЛЬОВАНИХ УКРАЇНОЮ ТЕРИТОРІЯХ ДОНЕЦЬКОЇ ТА ЛУГАНСЬКОЇ ОБЛАСТЕЙ

The paper discusses the research findings on building and developing enterprise clusters along with providing rationale that the economy development, both globally and nationwide, is characterized by the expansion of integration trends and partial competitiveness mitigation by principles of cooperative interaction. These trends occur against the background of the evolving information knowledge economy which also pertains to a certain integration framework. It is proved that this type of integration enhances dissemination of innovative products through a relationships network within a market economic environment. In addition, the diversity of sources of technological knowledge and relationships facilitates the integration of impact factors to achieve company competitive advantages and contributes to boosting the available potential growth. Building a cluster based on vertical integration provides a certain pattern for new knowledge and technologies dissemination. Apparently, an important condition for the effective transformation of inventions into innovations, and innovations into competitive advantages is building a network of sustainable relationships between all cluster participants. It is argued that the core of a cluster is the business network organisation concept, the basic tenet of which is acknowledge that enterprise ability to compete successfully is directly affected by a certain set of robust relationships (interaction) of a particular industry. It is specified that the cluster concept goes beyond simple horizontal networks which assumes that companies acting in the common market for finished product within the same industry group tend to combine their potentials and cooperate in the areas of research and development.

Internationalization and clusters of cultures

The cluster term is a cluster analysis tool that develops from the mid-twentieth century and was used in areas where there was an enormous mass of primary data and this concept had no economic content. Cluster Analysis is a mathematical procedure based on a number of characteristics of the set of objects, which allow them to classify as classes (clusters) so that objects entered in one class are more homogeneous and similar to those in other classes. The distance between them is calculated on the basis of numerically expressed parameters. The method first appeared in 1939 in R. Trion used and called this method cluster analysis. Cluster is a complex concept that involves "industrial, geographically close, intercontinental companies and other organizations that act in a certain area and characterized by unity and / or mutual filling". In some works clusters are called "industrial" or "industrial areas". According to the Porter, the cluster is a group of geographically close interdependent companies and related organizations operating in a certain area and characterized by unity, and complemented by each other. In this definition, the main focus is on the three main features of enterprise clusters: geographical localization, interconnection between enterprises and technological interaction of sectors. The Eastern European cluster in which Georgia enters, is characterized by a high level of power distance and collectivism. Members of this community maintain close family connections and are characterized by low orientation of orientation and final outcome. Also, the distinctive features of this cluster are the charismatic and team-oriented style of leadership. Such dimensions and leadership styles, such as personality orientation, institutional collectivity and gender equity, occupy the middle position among the clusters. According to the GLOBE project, members of the Eastern European Clusters do not expect that power will be distributed between the citizens, focusing on the group and family, paying attention to the power and status of the person. Compared to other clusters, they are confused and aggressive during interpersonal relationships. Despite the fact that the personality orientation of the leadership and the participatory styles are positively perceived in the clusters for clusters, the charismatic and group-oriented style of leadership gains more importance.

Determinants of Microfinance Sources by Micro and Small Enterprise (MSEs) Clusters in South-East Nigeria

<p><em>The source of microfinance is important and at the centre of every enterprise survival, profitability and growth that can trigger achievement of the expected roles and objectives. The main thrust of this study, therefore, is to understand the determinants of the choice of microfinance sources and level of support from funds providers. The study employed multi-stage sampling technique in identifying clusters from three cities (Onitsha, Aba and Nnewi) of the South East, Nigeria and generated relevant data through instruments such as questionnaire, personal interviews and Focused Group Discussions (FGDs). Using logit regression, the study found that interest rate, repayment period, amount or volume of capital and proximity to enterprises as the major determinants of the choice of microfinance source used by MSEs in South East, Nigeria. The study concluded that microfinance providers should be located closer to MSEs’ location for quicker response to their financing needs to the extent of taking advantage of social capital existing within the clusters as a possible cushion for the physical collaterals and documentations often requested for loan approvals. The study recommends that microfinance policy framework and interventions should encourage providers to locate closer to the enterprise clusters with the appropriate regulatory guarantee for operators.</em><em></em></p>