Burak A. Cooperation and integration of small enterprises in agriculture

Small business as systematically carried out activities with certain restrictive criteria is defined. Small agricultural entrepreneurship has certain features related to specific agricultural production in view of the agricultural land in crop area and conventional heads of animals in livestock. This thesis grounded theoretical and methodological basis and developed practical recommendations on ways to improve the quality of the cooperation and integration processes in the small enterprises of the agricultural sector functioning. Scientific and methodological approaches to the process of cooperation and integration are improved that enable to review these two concepts separately and in details. Activities of small enterprises in agriculture are analysed and perspective directions of development are defined. Propositions for improving the mechanism of formation and further development of cooperation and integration processes with the participation of small enterprises in agriculture are formulated. The possibility to use different variants of cooperation and integration of small enterprises in the industry depending on their financial and economic situation are substantiated. The possibility of improving the financial situation of small enterprises and their competitive market position by choosing the optimal strategy of interaction with other firms are shown.