Synergetic Approach to Describing the Cooperative System

Abstract

AbstractThe synergetic approach considers the processes of self-organization occurring in open systems. Modern views on cooperation in rural areas consider it as an element of self-organization in their development. The paper aims to study the system of consumer and production cooperation in agriculture. The paper implements the theory of complex systems to identify bifurcation points and determine the stability of the cooperation system. The input data includes the financial statements of agricultural production (20 units) and consumer cooperatives (23 units) of the Republic of Tatarstan. The authors choose the Republic of Tatarstan for their research since the region is a leader in developing agricultural cooperation in the Russian Federation. The selected study period is 2011–2019. The research results are presented graphically. The authors selected revenue and profit as the parameters of the system’s state. The authors determine the bifurcation points in the system of cooperation of the Republic of Tatarstan in 2017 and 2018, which characterize the loss of stability of the system and its transition to another state. This process is caused by the impact of external factors on the cooperation system, especially state support measures. A polynomial and logarithmic dependencies describe the trend dependencies of the development of the cooperation system. The authors proved that consumer cooperation is less sustainable than industrial cooperation. In the further development of the system of cooperation in the region, the growth of selected parameters and sustainability is expected.KeywordsSynergyCooperationSystemSelf-organizationSustainabilityJEL codesQ13O43P27