Critical analysis of methodological approaches to evaluating the economic security of enterprises which have strategic significance for the economy and state security

Abstract

The scientific research results on the theoretical and methodological foundations of the enterprises economic security were summarized. There are a significant number of approaches to the essence and assessment interpretation of the enterprise’s economic security level due to the multidimensionality of the category «enterprise economic security». Quantitative assessment of the enterprise economic security level makes it possible to form judgments about the protection of the enterprise economic interests from the destructive influence of external and internal threats, which is the basis of timely management decisions in the direction of their minimization. The difference of the methods in terms of information provision, algorithmic, mathematical complexity and generalizing indicator was established based on the results of the analysis of the existing methodical approaches to assessing the enterprises economic security level. The most informative indicators of the enterprise economic security according to its functional components were summarized and selected. The critical analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of methodical approaches to assessing the economic security level of enterprises that have strategic importance for the economy and security of the state was carried out. The specifics of methods for assessing the economic security of enterprises that have strategic importance for the economy and security of the state was researched. It was established that disregarding the priority of the economic sector, to which a strategically important enterprise belongs, significantly affects the assessment accuracy of its economic security level. The necessity of applying a complex approach of systematic verification of the economic security level using various assessment methods, which allows identifying external and internal threats by functional components of the enterprise economic security, was proven. The importance of choosing the economic security indicators depending on the activity specifics and branch affiliation of enterprises was substantiated that are crucial for the economy and security of the state Keywords: enterprise economic security, strategically important enterprises, evaluation, methodical approaches, methods, indicators, summarizing indicator.