NETWORK STRUCTURES IN THE ECONOMY AND THEIR TYPOLOGY IN CONDITIONS OF NEO-INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATIONS


Glumov A.A.

The beginning of the third millennium is connected with the spread of such a social phenomenon as networks, the qualitative variety of which required the knowledge about network structures and entailed the appearance of their typologies in the scientific literature. The goal of this article is to study the existing network typologies of structures and their application possibilities for studying the patterns of network structures development in the current conditions for carrying out new industrialization, including in the practice of state and regional government. To achieve this goal, the author used the method of typologization. The article gives an overview of network structures based on the analysis of typologies developed by domestic and foreign scientists. Analyzing the performance of network structures in the regional economy, it is necessary to take into account the various patterns of these structures. The author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to single out one more feature of networks - the principle of their formation from the point of view of the state. Proceeding from this, it is suggested to single out evolutionary and imperative types of network structures. The first may include holding structures, branch unions, associations, which were formed evolutionarily, without state intervention. The second type is represented by technopolis, technology parks, industrial parks, special economic zones, state corporations, which were created by the administrative center. Prospects of this research are related to characteristics of network structures and their management in the context of the regional economy and regional science. Keywords: network structures, networks, regional economy, typology, neo-industrialization, neo-industrial transformation. Highlights: • the author`s interpretation of the concept of "network structure" is presented from the position of the system-structural approach as a system of elements united to solve certain problems in which at least two elements are interconnected by horizontal links, that is, they fulfill a similar function.typologies of network structures in the economy developed by domestic and foreign researchers are reviewed; • the author`s typology of network structures is proposed on the basis of their formation from the point of view of the state.

Anton A. Glumov, Candidate of Economics, Head of the Department for Scientific Research, senior a lecturer, Ural State University of Economics.


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