Formation Of Value Chains Research Articles

Current state and prospects for the development of international wholesale trade in the e–commerce market under the influence of large retailers

International wholesale trade has significant development potential when organizing new mechanisms of interaction using e–commerce. E–commerce is becoming a tool for reducing costs for cross–border trade operations, providing enormous opportunities for organizing trade activities in the B2B sector. In particular, e–commerce at the international level makes it possible to overcome traditional barriers to cross–border trade, increase the manageability of business processes and change approaches to the formation of value chains. The article highlights that the activities of large retailers in the above direction have an accumulating influence and, with a targeted systemic organization, will create a unified business infrastructure for the functioning of e–commerce at the B2B segment level. It is emphasized that in the long term, these processes can have a significant impact on the state of trade in the country as a whole, stimulating activity and the reproductive effect.

Organization of the System of Internal Marketing and Marketing of Interaction of Agricultural Enterprises for the Production of Biodiesel Based on Value Chain Analysis

The aim of the study was to analyze and evaluate the organization of the system of internal marketing and marketing interaction of agricultural enterprises for the production of biodiesel based on value chain analysis.
 The authors conducted aresearch on the formation of a marketing model and the corresponding marketing policy of the enterprise, where it is methodologically important is the formation of effective value chains as a basis for competition in the market. The theoretical approach to the formation of the value chain within the marketing model of an individual agricultural enterprise is substantiated. At the same time, value chains are seen as production networks in which businesses use competitive resources and operate in an institutional environment, and form network of horizontally and vertically connected enterprises united by a partnership model of interaction. The objectives of the study were solved using such methods as: historical, systematic, inductive and deductive, analysis and synthesis, modeling and comparative analysis.
 To ensure the efficiency of energy production from biomass, the optimality of the logistics factor should be ensured. Applied models based on tools such as operations research and mathematical optimization using computer algorithms have been developed to plan and manage biomass supply chains.
 It is proposed to model supply chains and / or create value by types of resource flows with the possibility of their modular connection to the overall model, which, in our opinion, can increase the reliability of the results.
 To study the value chain of biodiesel in Ukraine, an appropriate model was developed to simulate the flow of raw sunflower and rapeseed, as the use of both crops was identified as the most common for biodiesel production in Ukraine. The model differs from the existing ones in that it takes into account different scenarios to determine the total cost of biodiesel production, as well as the cost of individual activities in the value chain formation.

Understanding the role of value chain formation in the scaling of crop diversification

Significant detrimental effects of agricultural intensification and specialization are becoming increasingly evident. Reliance on monocultures, few varieties, and intensive use of agrochemicals is a major factor in climate change, biodiversity decline, soil health deterioration, and pollution, putting our food system at risk. This requires sustainable agricultural processes, such as crop diversification, to be more rapidly and effectively tested, adopted, and scaled. While these processes are typically introduced at niche level, they often struggle to scale and to induce broader sustainability transitions. In this study, we investigate how scaling may occur, focusing on institutional logics, their changes, and realignment over time. In particular, we applied an abductive research strategy to collect empirical evidence from two in-depth, longitudinal case studies of innovation niches related to crop diversification. Doing so, we show for the first time that, despite their many differences, scaling processes of crop diversification in both niches converge, presenting similar progressions in terms of institutional dimensions, and facing similar obstacles when it comes to value chain formation. While initial experimentation could still be implemented using organizational forms familiar to the lead actors, we discover that a systemic lack of adequate value chain arrangements obstructed the scaling process of crop diversification in both cases. These findings have been used to reflect on the role of value chain relations in scaling processes in sustainability transitions in agriculture.

Модель “nearshoring” – концепция новой экономики Латинской Америки

In the vocabulary of world economics, the term “nearshoring” has become increasingly common. It implies the spread of business in its most diverse manifestations (e.g. foreign trade, cross-border investment, technology transfer, outsourcing, formation of value chains, etc.) mainly to neighboring countries. This growing trend was a response to the many problems that arose in the global economy and world trade during the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent geopolitical upheavals. In fact, the process of neoliberal globalization, which for four decades was determining the development vector and the content of world economic relations, switched to low dynamics mode. Latin America, as an important part of a complex international economic hub, has actively participated in the globalization process, but has not become its beneficiary, unlike Asian states. Most of the Latin American economies based their development models on the intensive exploitation of vast natural resources in the interests of world markets. However, this neither brought the region to the forefront of the global economy, nor did it solve the acute social problems of Latin America. Therefore, in the conditions of the ongoing crisis, a growing number of Latin American states are ready to make adjustments to their development models, and focus on the strategy of “nearshoring” in order to maximize intraregional cooperation that would stimulate accelerated economic growth.

Каскадно-циркулярна модель інноваційної трансформації регіональних господарських комплексів: фундаментальні принципи, пріоритети і воєнні та поствоєнні виклики

It is substantiated that the cascade-circular model of innovative transformation of regional economic complexes should be based on a combination of the cascade principle of attracting material resources in the reproduction process and the principle of maximizing closed cycles in product chains. It is determined that the cascade principle is a sequential transition from one phase of production to another, based on the priority of formation of value chains and features of extracting the resource value of primary and secondary raw materials; the principle of maximizing closed cycles in product chains is a principle that provides for the minimization of unit costs and losses of the material substance of raw materials on the basis of the integrated use of primary raw materials through the use of waste-free and low-waste technologies and the most complete utilization of secondary raw materials in order to maximize the value added in food chains. It is identified that the key point in the formation of the cascade-circular model of innovative transformation of regional economic complexes is the formation of the structure-establishing innovation core (a complex of types of production and economic activity with appropriate supporting subsystems), which will be differentiated in the context of economic regions of Ukraine, based on: the existing production and technical base of material production; the level of infrastructural arrangement; available and projected reserves of natural raw materials; scientific and scientific-technical potential; opportunities for establishing inter-regional cooperative relations; participation of the region in the national division of labor and in ensuring national security. It is substantiated that the cascade-circular model of innovative transformation of the economy of the regions of Ukraine should be aimed at more effective use of secondary material resources in the reproduction process and at increasing the assimilation potential as a basic prerequisite for the transition to the rails of low-carbon development.

СТРАТЕГІЧНИЙ КОНТРОЛІНГ В АДАПТИВНОМУ УПРАВЛІННІ ВИТРАТАМИ ІНТЕГРОВАНИХ КОРПОРАТИВНИХ ОБ’ЄДНАНЬ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ

Effective cost management is crucial to an enterprise's development. Involving adaptive management principles allows for quick response to changing market conditions and rational allocation of expenses across projects and departments. Enterprise involvement in cooperation processes is a separate direction of adaptive potential accumulation that simultaneously expands the strategic controlling area. The aim of the article is to develop theoretical positions, methods, and practical recommendations for forming a cost management system based on the principles, procedures, and tools of strategic controlling. The research hypothesis is based on the necessity to update the cost management system of the enterprise by expanding cost management methods with strategic control tools and implementing cost-level adjustment adapters aligned with the business capabilities and results of strategic enterprise choice. The proposed adaptation mechanism fully complies with the functions and tasks of strategic and operational controlling. The article suggests that the classic approach to cost control can be enhanced by incorporating adaptation and mutual learning loops into the cost management system. It have been proved that strategic controlling should focus on anticipatory adaptation and formulating reference models for consolidated business capabilities within the integrated corporate entity, while operational controlling should regulate the level of costs using budgeting and plan-fact methods based on the capability map. It has been noted that a cost management system based on the principles of strategic control cannot be created independently of the general system of corporate governance, and the organization of strategic control involves coordinating the parameters of strategic choice of a corporate group with the processes of consolidating business capabilities and defining cost adjustment benchmarks. This approach ensures that the parameters of strategic choice will coincide with the parameters of corporate governance of the integrated group, with the main object of management being the value and needs of consumers in the output of the integrated value chain formation. The structure of enterprises integrated corporate association strategic choice about cost formation chains consolidation has been carried out. The logic of using the classifier of deviations causes in the costs level within the strategic controlling system has been determined. This logic have been mapped on the cost management system adapters work. Keywords: cost management, strategic controlling, adaptive management, corporate integration, business combinations, adaptation scenarios, cost level.

СТРАТЕГІЧНИЙ КОНТРОЛІНГ В АДАПТИВНОМУ УПРАВЛІННІ ВИТРАТАМИ ІНТЕГРОВАНИХ КОРПОРАТИВНИХ ОБ’ЄДНАНЬ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ

Effective cost management is crucial to an enterprise's development. Involving adaptive management principles allows for quick response to changing market conditions and rational allocation of expenses across projects and departments. Enterprise involvement in cooperation processes is a separate direction of adaptive potential accumulation that simultaneously expands the strategic controlling area. The aim of the article is to develop theoretical positions, methods, and practical recommendations for forming a cost management system based on the principles, procedures, and tools of strategic controlling. The research hypothesis is based on the necessity to update the cost management system of the enterprise by expanding cost management methods with strategic control tools and implementing cost-level adjustment adapters aligned with the business capabilities and results of strategic enterprise choice. The proposed adaptation mechanism fully complies with the functions and tasks of strategic and operational controlling. The article suggests that the classic approach to cost control can be enhanced by incorporating adaptation and mutual learning loops into the cost management system. It have been proved that strategic controlling should focus on anticipatory adaptation and formulating reference models for consolidated business capabilities within the integrated corporate entity, while operational controlling should regulate the level of costs using budgeting and plan-fact methods based on the capability map. It has been noted that a cost management system based on the principles of strategic control cannot be created independently of the general system of corporate governance, and the organization of strategic control involves coordinating the parameters of strategic choice of a corporate group with the processes of consolidating business capabilities and defining cost adjustment benchmarks. This approach ensures that the parameters of strategic choice will coincide with the parameters of corporate governance of the integrated group, with the main object of management being the value and needs of consumers in the output of the integrated value chain formation. The structure of enterprises integrated corporate association strategic choice about cost formation chains consolidation has been carried out. The logic of using the classifier of deviations causes in the costs level within the strategic controlling system has been determined. This logic have been mapped on the cost management system adapters work.

An Economic Model for Creating a Network Enterprise Architecture

The purpose of the study is to develop an economic justification model for creating a value chain for various types of digital platforms and technological methods of production of a network enterprise. As a basis for creating an economic justification model, it is proposed to use the method of functional and cost assessment of the architecture of a network enterprise, which determines the economic costs and risks of forming value chains that are associated with the production and provision of services of the enterprise. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that the economic justification for creating the architecture of a network enterprise should be carried out taking into account the dynamically changing needs of the customer and the state of the business ecosystem of the enterprise in the process of its functioning. The research methods are heuristic in nature, aimed at finding such a set of economic factors that will lead to the formation of an economically sound construction of the value chain. In order to obtain an economic model for creating the architecture of a network enterprise, a method of functional and cost estimation in the process of dynamic changes in the value chain is proposed. Results. This article presents an economic model for evaluating the architecture of a network enterprise, in which each element of the model is an economic aspect of the formation of value chains for a network enterprise. The analysis of economic aspects made it possible to determine in more detail the costs, including the costs of eliminating risks. In addition to the economic justification model for creating a value chain, the paper identifies requirements for the architecture of a network enterprise and the possible composition of the roles of participants as well as the definition of network effects for different roles. In order to display the relationship between the type of digital platform and the technological method of production, when conducting a cost assessment of the architecture of a network enterprise, all calculated estimates are introduced into the cost and risk assessment matrix. As a result, depending on the chosen type of digital platform and technological method of production, the search for minimum costs and risks for a specific value chain is carried out. Conclusion. The economic model of the cost assessment of the architecture of a network enterprise, made on the basis of the use of the method of functional-value cost analysis and risk analysis, will allow for resource justification of the configuration of value chains with an optimal distribution of roles of network enterprise participants.

National Scientific Information Infrastructure: Problems, Tasks and Prospects

Introduction. Large volumes of scientific data and the development of the Data-Driven Science paradigm create a need for fundamentally new tools with which to work with information and conduct scientific communication. The emergence of such tools is only possible given the prerequisite technological foundation – a well-developed digital infrastructure for the storage and exchange of a large variety of scientific data, intended for use not only by researchers but also by software agents. The article analyzes the problems in the established practices of scientific information management in Russia and the existing barriers that prevent the creation of a new generation of tools. Overcoming them is a very complex and large-scale task, due to the diversity of actors involved in scientific information, the types of scientific information, the specificity of various subject areas, and other factors. To do so, we need a Strategy for the Development of a National Scientific Information Infrastructure, a set of systemic changes in the standards and practices for working with scientific information which will affect a significant part of the scientific community. Results and Discussion. The main provisions of the Strategy are formulated, including the goal, objectives and principles of development, its main mission (creating an environment for the formation of value chains of scientific information) and key results – new highly intelligent services for informational support of various types of scientific activity. Conclusion. The implementation of the proposed Strategy should result in new highly intelligent services offering informational support for various types of scientific activity; development of digital competencies among researchers; a significant increase in the use of scientific content; development of the market for scientific information services; improvements in the system of division of scientific labor.

State financial regulation of the competitive environment: assessment for the agricultural sector of Ukraine

The article reveals the importance of state financial regulation as one of the most important tools for economic growth and ensuring the competitiveness of industries and the economy of Ukraine. The studies of domestic and foreign scientists on the subject of research are analyzed in detail. The state of enterprises of the agricultural sector of Ukraine for the period 2013-2020 has been determined. The study was carried out on the factors of providing agricultural producers with financial resources in terms of the size of the forms of management. The share of unprofitable enterprises in the industry for the same period is also analyzed. The achievements of the agricultural sector are described according to the statistical analysis of the state of socio-economic development of the regions in the period 2020-2021. The methodology for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of the state regional policy in accordance with legislative regulations is described. This made it possible to establish that at the present stage, the financial regulation of the agricultural sector of Ukraine is carried out without proper scientific justification and, as a rule, responds slowly to the requirements of economic practice, especially in the context of deepening the penetration of global processes into the national economy. Approaches to the assessment of the competitive environment of the agrarian sector of Ukraine and the direction of its state regulation are proposed. Theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects of assessing the competitiveness of the sector are disclosed. The necessity and possibility of forming a competitive environment by fiscal policy measures, primarily budgetary regulation, is proved. The problems of forming a competitive environment in the context of the current crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the place of Ukraine in the world competitiveness ranking are identified, and methodological approaches to the development strategy are proposed. It is proved that the competitive strategy is based on the existing resources of the industry (material, financial and intellectual), the level of development of various forms of management, the structure of production, marketing, processing, the formation of value chains and a bilateral state-market regulator. The directions for improving the quality of the competitive environment, arising from the paradigm of innovative development of the agricultural sector, are summarized and provide for the stimulation of small business in niche and organic production and large-scale industrial production in terms of the main indicators of food security, as well as the development of land, financial, credit and resource markets and the formation of equal access to them all agricultural producers.

COVID‐19, trade and trade policy

COVID‐19, trade and trade policy

Управление промышленными экосистемами в едином цифровом пространстве

Subject/topic. The article presents an original assessment of the development of interaction management systems in modern ecosystems in the context of industrial development and the formation of a united digital space. Goal. The research aims to substantiate approaches to the development of conceptual solutions for the effective management of industrial ecosystems. Methodology. A critical analysis of the spread of the ecosystem approach for integration in industry in the presence of general management patterns is carried out. Results. The factors of formation of a new management model in a united digital space are determined: historical heritage, decentralization/centralization, duality of the management model, feedback, services, cyclicity, technologies, management virtualization, digital trust and digital responsibility, architecture of management structures. The dual nature of new processes is substantiated, when a single system forms two spheres of management (the development management system itself and the interaction management system), interconnected by feedback. It is shown that for an effective production ecosystem, the level of formation of value chains remains the prerogative of participants, which fundamentally distinguishes the ecosystem approach from the cluster approach. The potential of the ecosystem model as an infrastructure or service model, as opposed to a cluster product model, has been established. The technological aspect of management is highlighted, which is based on the property of modern technologies to separate the control and transformational parts, presenting the possibilities of technology management in a digital environment, which creates more effective integration into a united digital space and the inclusion of augmented reality technologies in interaction with cyber-physical systems that ensure the information reliability of managed objects. Conclusions. The differences of the management system in the classical, cluster and ecosystem models are established and a conceptual vision of the possibilities of updating it is formed, taking into account the identified ideas about the structure of interaction in the ecosystem and management efficiency criteria (metrics).

Global Value Chain Formation and Human Capital: Case of Korea and ASEAN

Purpose – This study discusses the effects of human capital in the formation of GVC linkages. We also investigate GVC intensity between Korea and ASEAN. Design/methodology – To solve the doubling-counting problem in evaluating comparative advantage, RCA has been re-computed using domestic value-added (henceforth RCA_VA) at the country-sector level instead of value of trade. The impact of human capital on GVC intensity was empirically analyzed by establishing a panel data set with four industries (ISIC Rev. 4) in eight ASEAN countries from 2005 to 2015 from OECD-TiVA and WDI. Findings – The empirical results show that human capital has a negative effect on GVC intensity in the agriculture and manufacture industries, while it has a positive effect in the service and information industries. The results do not mean that low human capital is a barrier and inefficient to GVC linkages. Low Value-added activities may be more profitable to some emerging countries. These findings suggest that it is important to accurately identify the competitive elements to increase gains from trade under the GVC. Also, it shows that comparative advantages can be misled by an RCA index evaluated in trade volume under the GVC. Originality/value – This study highlights the importance of human capital as a factor for the efficient formation of Global Value Chain (GVC). This study has different from the literature in analyzing the role of human capital in formation of linkage of the GVC. And we clarify the changing patterns of trade by removing the double-counting problem under the GVC.

The Functional Controller for Sustainable and Value Chain Management: Fashion or Need? A Sample of Job Advertisements in the COVID-19 Period

This article aims to present a profile of functional controllers created in German-speaking countries in the context of their competences and tasks for sustainable management and value chain creation. Sustainable chain management requires finding a balance between the economic, social, and environmental spheres, inside and outside the organizations, in all business functions/processes related to value chain formation. Managers for sustainable management need to have adequate and high-quality financial and non-financial information. They are crucial during the pandemic COVID-19 period. Functional controllers can provide this. Content analysis of job advertisements was used as a research method. The identification of competences was based on Cheetham and Chivers’ model. Tasks were referred to as essential functions of controlling. Descriptive statistics and the Student’s t-test with Cochran–Cox correction and the Wilcoxon-Mann–Whitney test were used to analyze the data. In terms of the studied controllers, more functional than meta competence was identified. There were more hard skills than soft skills. In terms of tasks, studied controllers are preoccupied with analysis, coordination and optimization, participation in management, definition of new tools, and reporting. The results confirm that functional controllers have an impact on sustainable development and value chain creation.

Integrative model as a value creation tool in the customs administration system

The current system of customs administration provides a solution to complex economic and social problems. It is focused on the formation of value and consumer utility within the framework of the functions performed. In this regard, the quality of such a system is of particular importance. The article investigates the application of the value approach to the customs administration system. The paper carries out the analysis of the value chain formation. The study defines the approaches to the value assessment for each subject of the customs administration system. The paper proposes an integrative model that contributes to increasing the value of customs services in the system of service-oriented customs administration. The author draws conclusions about the role and significance of the value of each subject of the customs administration system in the formation of public value. The presented research is based on the concept of a holistic-evolutionary approach.

METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR MODELLING INTEGRATION RISKS IN ECONOMIC EMERGENCE

The article discusses the methodological basis for modeling integration risks of the social and economic system, namely the association of enterprises and organizations in the value-added chain in the context of the emergent economy. The theoretical basis and practical aspects of the risk-taking of integration processes were presented, features of integration and methods of risk modeling in value chains in socio-economic systems were identified. Systematized taxonomic survey of emergent state of socio-economic system has been developed. The components of the integration of enterprises in the context of the formation of value chains are presented and the most efficient modeling methods in unstable environments have been identified. The algorithm of comparative estimation of emergent properties with dual poles of results of functioning of economic system and structural organization of system of modeling of indicators of emergencies taking into account influence of integration risks is presented. The methodological bases for the modeling of indicators under the influence of investment risks based on fuzzy logic according to system safety criterion are presented, A comparative assessment framework for modeling integration risks in value chains and a framework for modeling integration risks of economic potential and strategic resilience of the socio-economic system. It is noted that the method of comparative evaluation serves as an indicator of compliance of the conclusions of the model of dynamic chaos, which has a dual attractor and depends on the phase portrait. The taxonomy of the emergent state of the economic system serves to identify the integral values of innovative reflection and is to identify new properties that characterize the influence of the external environment on changes in the whole system with varying degrees of resonance. Peculiarities of modeling of integration factors at the bifurcation point when positive and negative emergent properties arise are highlighted. The vectors of the integration process, which depend on the adaptation potential of the new structural units (institutions), should be included in the formation of the model. The key factors and indicators influencing the sensitivity of economic potential and strategic elasticity of the system of value chains of enterprises are identified.

The behavioral features of sustainable value chains in industry

Methods. The results are obtained through the use of the following methods: logicalanalytical method and generalization – in the analysis of behavioral characteristics and ensuring consistency in industrial value chains; standard methods of qualitative and quantitative marketing research – in the diagnosis of factors influencing the formation of sustainable relationships of industrial enterprises with partners in value chains. Results. It has been established that in the context of the globalization of the market and the general orientation of the Ukrainian economy towards the European principles of development, it becomes important for mining engineering enterprises to prove their adherence to the requirements of energy efficiency, energy saving, energy security and social energy responsibility. Value chains should not only improve energy efficiency, economic and production stability of the enterprise, but also contribute to strengthening the sustainable development of all participants in the production chain, as well as other stakeholders (business partners, buyers, investors, local communities, etc.). Novelty. The behavioral features of mining machine-building enterprises in the context of formation of stable supply chains in the mining sector of the national economy are specified. The relationship between the energy efficiency indicator in the development of sustainable value chains in the extractive industry has been established. Practical value. The use of sustainable development principles in the formation of value chains will increase the energy efficiency of the industry, provide a competitive advantage for entering global production chains in the context of Ukraine's European integration.

The behavioral features of sustainable value chains in industry

Methods. The results are obtained through the use of the following methods: logicalanalytical method and generalization – in the analysis of behavioral characteristics and ensuring consistency in industrial value chains; standard methods of qualitative and quantitative marketing research – in the diagnosis of factors influencing the formation of sustainable relationships of industrial enterprises with partners in value chains. Results. It has been established that in the context of the globalization of the market and the general orientation of the Ukrainian economy towards the European principles of development, it becomes important for mining engineering enterprises to prove their adherence to the requirements of energy efficiency, energy saving, energy security and social energy responsibility. Value chains should not only improve energy efficiency, economic and production stability of the enterprise, but also contribute to strengthening the sustainable development of all participants in the production chain, as well as other stakeholders (business partners, buyers, investors, local communities, etc.). Novelty. The behavioral features of mining machine-building enterprises in the context of formation of stable supply chains in the mining sector of the national economy are specified. The relationship between the energy efficiency indicator in the development of sustainable value chains in the extractive industry has been established. Practical value. The use of sustainable development principles in the formation of value chains will increase the energy efficiency of the industry, provide a competitive advantage for entering global production chains in the context of Ukraine's European integration.

Economic complexity and inclusion of regional economies

The paper presents a probabilistic interpretation of the elements of the matrix, which is used to assess the economic complexity in accordance with the traditional approach. Their properties are given, on the basis of which aggregate indicators are introduced that characterize the nesting of the structures of strong sectors of regional economies. It is shown that aggregate nesting indicators are statistically significant explanatory variables for economic complexity. It is proved that the used procedure for calculating the economic complexity is correct in the sense of the existence and uniqueness of the solution. It is shown that the data that are used to assess the economic complexity in accordance with the author’s approach allow to reflect the formation of value chains and groups of related sectors focused on both the external and internal markets. For this economic complexity, calculated on regional data, its high values correspond to large values of the aggregated nesting indicators. Low values of economic complexity correspond to low values of nesting indicators.

The theoretical and methodological aspects of the resource and raw materials growth model

Modern national economies are multilevel with many sectors, sub-sectors, sectors interconnected and competing. But the main thing in this kind of a pie is the value chain, which is a kind of industrial-economic-logistic communications, through which national economies interact both within themselves and without. But value chains have different lengths, and therefore bring different results. Until now, the discussion has been going on about what forms value chains, what is their nature, what mechanisms, and most importantly, is it possible to arbitrarily form value chains of any length and configuration? Practice shows that, firstly, even the most advanced national economies are not always able to form value chains of the desired length and configuration, and secondly, even if they somehow turn out to be created, they often scatter without bringing the desired result. Therefore, it is important for theorists to recognize not only the nature and character of economic (including production, logistics, etc.) value chains formation (with an appropriate set of issues related to their structure, internal mechanism, configuration, etc.), but also why they fall apart without creating the synergistic effect intended. The article suggests that there is “The resource predestination” imposed on the formation of value chains of a given configuration, length and marketability. To achieve this goal, the article combines two independent areas of economic research: the formation of value chains and the “resource curse/predestination”.