Clusters as a Mechanism for Solving Socio-Economic Problems of Post-Conflict Ukraine

Los clústeres como mecanismo para resolver los problemas socioeconómicos de la Ucrania posterior al conflicto

• Oleh Predmestnikov V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, Kyiv, Ukraine. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8196-647X
• Viktor Vasylenko Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9313-861X
• Nataliia Fastovets Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8619-8975
• Olena Kurepina National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4077-5006
• Olha Hanych State Institution of Higher Education “Donetsk National Technical University”, Lutsk, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5279-0708

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4177.18

Keywords: cluster, state strategy, socio-economic problems, world economic experience, investments

Abstract

The purpose of the article was to analyze the cluster strategy in various countries of the world and to highlight the legal instruments that can be used in the process of creation and operation of clusters in Ukraine, taking into account the existing post-conflict socio-economic problems. The research methods used were: analysis, synthesis, consistency, comparison, generalization and prognosis, etc. The main models of cluster development in the world practice are analyzed. The characteristics of the state strategy in the field of regional clustering in the USA, Canada, Italy, Germany, Austria, France, Finland, Japan and China are studied. The authors focused on the legal instruments used in the process of creation and operation of clusters in different countries of the world, which it is advisable to borrow and implement in the Ukrainian legislation. Finally, the following problems of cluster creation in Ukraine have been identified: the lack of a legislative framework; a state strategy to support clusters, as well as incentives for investors. It is concluded that clusters in a difficult socio-economic situation in Ukraine should help to attract investments and develop the economy of regions affected by hostilities.

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