CONCEPTUAL BASES OF INTER-COMPANY COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION PROCESSES IN THE SYSTEM OF THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Abstract

The article shows theoretical basis and preconditions of the inter-company cooperation development; depicts various theories and authors’ approaches which could provide knowledge augmentation in this field. Specific features of current integration processes in the agro-industrial complexes were substantiated. They imply the combination of developing cooperation relations between small and medium business entities at the horizontal level and shaping the system of contractual relations at the vertical level, i. e. between large business entities (agrarian holdings) and small business forms. Clusters, as a modern form of structural economic establishments based on inter-company cooperation which aims at enhancing competitive advantages of national economies were considered.

Keywords

• contractual relations
• clusters
• agrarian holdings
• competitive advantages