SYSTEMATIZATION OF THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF INTEGRATION ASSOCIATIONS IN BUSINESS

The research is aimed at generalizing various classification approaches of integration associations in business on the basis of a literature review. The purpose of this article is to form the author's position on the classification of integration associations at the level of business structures. To achieve this goal, the following tasks are formulated: to comprehensively consider the phenomenon that formalizes the idea of business integration; to determine the target characteristics of the integration of business structures; to generalize approaches to the classification of integration associations in business; determine the prospects for the use of various forms of integration associations. The study uses a set of general logical methods of cognition: dialectical, systemic, generalizations, comparative analysis; methods of analysis of scientific literature. The main results presented in the study are the following: the author's interpretation of the term "integration" at the level of the business structure is given; the target integrations of business structures (motives, potential participants, relationships, possible forms of integration associations) are formulated and presented in the form of a scheme; According to the author, the most significant approaches to the classification of integration associations in business are systematized; a comparative characteristic of organizational forms of business integration is carried out, confirmed by practical examples. The main conclusion of the study is that the modern period of development is characterized by a variety of integration processes and relationships, so the choice of one or another form of integration association depends on the goals, motives, scope of activity, level of financial and economic development of potential integration participants.