The dissertation is devoted to the substantiation of theoretical and methodological provisions and practical recommendations in the field of innovative development of the agroholdings’ economic security system. The need to study the economic security of agroholdings as the largest and most influential representatives of agribusiness in Ukraine is particularly acute when the world's economic, political, environmental and other conditions deteriorate, increasing the number of potential risks and scale of damage from them.
The author's definitions of the key economic security categories is proposed and the problems of effective enterprise economic security are generalized. An author's approach to the definition has been formed, namely: in essence, the company's economic security has a triune meaning: the state of protection against threats, discipline of management and interdisciplinary science, which find practical application in the management of business entities.
In the section the revision of the terminological apparatus for assessing the enterprise economic security was carried out, the groups of evaluation objects, the approaches and tools were generalized, the economic sector specificity of the research was considered.
The features of economic security of agroholdings for the period of 2011-2020 are determined. Modern economic security trends of vertically integrated agrarian structures are determined, retrospective data on the development of these formations, their strengths and weaknesses are summarized. A ratings overview of Ukrainian agroholdings in terms of reputation, innovation, technology and profitability has been performed. The arguments for improving the economic security of integrated agroformings are based on the full consideration of the functional components. The general economic, financial, personnel, political, legal, informational, production, physical, market and interface risks of agricultural companies are systematized.
The analysis of existing systems of economic security in agroholdings with assets in Ukraine is carried out. It is revealed that the activity of agroholdings in the aspect of enterprise economic security is fragmentary and in fact, it is not yet formed an integrated system. The main characteristics of risk management systems of the five largest agricultural holdings of Ukraine are revealed, activity indicators are presented and their strategies are generalized.
An integrated assessment of the agroholdings’ economic security was carried out on the basis of an analysis of the financial and economic situation by comparing the dynamics of profit, earnings, return on shares, company value, EBITDA, profitability and liquidity ratios, etc. For agricultural companies, a coefficient analysis according to the special method (containing 20 criteria), the calculation of the bankruptcy probability according to traditional and modern approaches (in this category 25 techniques were used) were carried out. Based on research results, the peculiarities of agroholdings’ economic security (as a state) and problems in the financial component of the enterprise's economic security system are determined.
Long-term planning, development of a strategic vision for the development of the agroholding’ economic security system has been investigated. Based on the analysis, the main interests of the company were clarified, and the activities of strategy implementation should be directed to the satisfaction of the latter. The necessity of elaboration of the strategy of the enterprise's economic security system is proved, providing additional competitive advantages and improving efficiency.
The theoretical, methodological and practical principles of integration-synergetic management are grounded in order to improve the functioning of the enterprise economic security system.
Integration of management systems has become a requirement of modernity for enterprise survival. Several international standards have been identified that can be used in the development of integrated management systems, but none of them takes into account all existing management types. The author's approach to the integration of types of management is formed in order to guarantee the company's economic security – the main ones are risk management, financial, crisis and strategic management, which are supplemented by all types that affect various aspects of the organization's activities (human resources, production, information management, etc.)
The concept of «knowledge management» in the system of economic security is considered. It has been established that the main objective of knowledge management in the context of guaranteeing economic security is to gain knowledge when it is necessary and to apply it successfully in order to level off the impact of hazards, risks and threats.
