Babiy L. Cooperative behavior of companies in international business (case of airlines).

Opportunities of using cooperative agreements in modern international business are researched in the thesis. On basis of the comparative analysis of theoretical concepts the author shows the essence and causes of the companies' cooperative behavior, suggests its own definition of the companies' cooperative behavior in international business, argues advantages and disadvantages of cooperative strategies. Organizational and legal forms of the companies' cooperative behavior in international business are also shown. Modern trends in development of the world airline industry and a role of cooperation in leading airlines' strategies are displayed. An influence of the companies' cooperative behavior on their performance embodies in an original model. The author also determines and proves the opportunities of cooperative behavior for Ukrainian airlines in order to increase an efficiency of their functioning. The author reveals possible spheres of the inter-organizational partnership for domestic airlines andrecommends a concrete mechanism for joining of Ukrainian airlines to world alliances.