Maksymiuk M. Economic security of agricultural enterprises on the post-reform development

The dissertation is devoted to solving theoretical and methodological and scientific and applied aspects of evaluation and strengthening of economic safety of agricultural enterprises. The history of the emergence and application of the concept of "economic security" and the causes with main stages of scientific study of the concept have been investigated and highlighted in the dissertation. The essence of the category of "economic security of the enterprise" as the general indicator of the system of activity of the enterprise has been described, which characterizes the result of its past activities concerning the efficiency of utilizing all its available and potential resources, the real state of its economic independence and competitiveness, and the relative level of protection from possible future internal and external threats. The classification of threats to economic security of enterprises has been given. The generalization, estimation and critical analysis of estimation methods of economic security of the enterprise have been carried out. The specifics of the work of agricultural enterprises and proposes a number of indicators, which are specific for agricultural enterprises only has been taken and proposed in the dissertation. The analysis of the economic safety of enterprises of Ivano-Frankivsk region for 2014-2016 is carried out on the basis of statistical calculations and the results of comparison of rating points of the level of economic security. It has been suggested to use alternative methods of assessing economic security with the purpose of forming appropriate funds, in particular, the monetary assessment of potential threats to economic security, as an example of alternative, monetary indicator, which has a much higher level of practical application. A typical system for the formation of economic security for agricultural enterprises has been proposed, which includes: the formation of methodological and informational support, the introduction of a system for ensuring economic security and assessing and improving the system. A sequence of step-by-step implementation of measures to strengthen the weak components of the economic security of the enterprise has been developed on the example of the leading enterprise in Ivano-Frankivsk region in the direction of development and innovative introduction. The advantages of introducing energy-efficient and non-waste technologies at agricultural enterprises have been found out due to their influence on the final indicator of economic security.