The Development of Ukraine’s Logistics Enterprises: Problems and Prospects

Abstract

The article is aimed at highlighting the main problems, studying the development of logistics enterprises in the context of changes in their business models, and determining the main directions for development. The main stages of development of the Ukrainian logistics market have been considered and described, its contemporary stage has been characterized. Changes in the companies’ business models that are inherent in each stage of the market development have been analyzed. According to the results of an analysis of the Logistics Activity Index (LPI), a significant lag in the level of development of Ukraine’s logistics industry from the world's leading countries has been determined. Four groups of factors were identified and characterized: politico-legal, infrastructural, economic and social, which constrain development of the domestic logistics enterprises. The development directions for Ukraine’s logistics companies have been formulated in accordance with the current market trends. Prospects for further research in this direction will be considering changes in the business models of logistics companies, determining directions for their transformation in the context of the current conditions of external environment.

Keywords

• enterprise
• logistics
• logistics enterprise
• logistics sector
• logistics market
• business model