Entrepreneurial activity of organizations as a dominant factor in integration relations and their management in strategic business partnerships

Entrepreneurial activity acts as an immanent property of any business and promotes a constant search for alternative ways of developing economic entities. One of these ways is creating strategic business partnerships, which can become a profitable form of organizing entrepreneurial activity, capable of achieving goals and objectives that cannot be accomplished separately. This article is devoted to the study of the influence of entrepreneurial activity on emergence, formation and development of strategic business partnerships, as well as on the subsequent management of their current and prospective activities. The purpose of the study is to assess the nature of the impact of the entrepreneurial activity of organizations on creation and maintenance of conditions for emergence and development of integration relations, taking into account the specifics of their management in the emerging strategic business partnerships. The research objectives are assessment of the level and dynamics of entrepreneurial activity of organizations over a retrospective fiveyear period; determination of conditions for emergence and development of strategic business partnerships, taking into account their economic and managerial specifics and dynamics; identification of potential effects in implementing future strategic business partnerships; designation of research areas in the subject area under consideration. During the study, the author used general scientific methodology. The empirical base was the information from the report "Monitoring Entrepreneurial Activity. Russia 2023/2024", as well as the official statistics for the period 2020–2024. The study assessed the level and dynamics of entrepreneurial activity of organizations in various types of activities. Based on the results obtained, the key conditions for emergence and development of strategic business partnerships were established, determining the possibilities for improving their activities and management, including determining the potential effects of joint growth that can enhance productivity and competitive advantages of participating organizations.

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