THE PROBLEM OF MESOECONOMIC SYNTHESIS OF CLUSTERS DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATING FORMATION CONCEPTS
Authors: LAIKO O.I. , KOVALENKO S. I. 
Published: March 2020

Topicality. Nowadays, global order is concentrating in the vicinity of great power poles. European Union with its growing economic significance becomes such a pole and faces a demand for development and implementation of a certain model of mutual relation between peripheral regions of different states, which could meet principles of the EU regional policy and facilitate newer forms of cooperation in “region-region” format. Increasing global instability problems at the beginning of XXI century demand for development newer forms of cross-border cooperation along with euroregions, such as “cross-border clusters”, “cross-border industrial zones”, “cross-border partnerships”, cross-border innovations projects”. The significance of regional cross-border cooperation increases under the conditions of European integration processes opening newer opportunities for economic activation at the peripheral territories of Ukraine increasing their economic competitiveness. The demand for newer theoretical approaches to problems of generation and development competitiveness within meso-economic sphere became ripe long ago and demands for studying global experience. Aim and Objectives. Aim of this work consists in reviewing a problem of meso-economic synthesis of cluster-type development concept and international integration formations as well, as checking scientific hypothesis supposing that the cluster approach represents the most efficient mechanism of development of international economic cooperation under prevailing conditions being, finally, a meso-level for competitive international integration systems and necessary condition of advanced integration of Ukraine into European economic space. Research Results. Industrial corporate networks are becoming essential objects of economic management in post-industrial economic system. They take a form of network clusters under the influence of globalization processes. Network clusters are catalysts and participants of technological transformation, since they incorporate entities carrying on scientific research activities and entities facilitation their results’ commercialization and implementation into manufacturing within an individual cluster. Cluster approach becomes the most efficient mechanism of development of international economic cooperation under modern prevailing conditions and is, finally, forming a meso-level of competitiveness of international integration systems and necessary condition of quality advance of integration within European economic space. Conclusion. Priority of essential deployment factors experiences substantial transformations in the modern post-industrial paradigm of euroregional development. This phenomenon changes functions of peripheral territories from physical basis, i.e. location of material manufacturing factors (resources) to spacious environment for development of human capitals, innovations and regional self-development. Thus, there is a proven necessity to generate, format and identify essential characteristics of international integration meso-levels, representing organizations or management structures of intrabranch and interbranch cooperation in the form of cross-border cluster systems, incorporating macro- and micro- integration levels of national economies.