THE ROLE OF COLLABORATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES INTEGRATION 

Tatyana O. Tolstykh, Doctor of economical sciences, professor of the sub-department of industrial strategy, National Research Technological University "MISIS" (4 Leninsky avenue, Moscow, Russia), E-mail: tt400@mail.ru
Nadezhda V. Shmeleva, Candidate of economical sciences, associate professor, associate professor of the sub-department of industrial strategy, National Research Technological University "MISIS" (4 Leninsky avenue, Moscow, Russia), E-mail: nshmeleva@misis.ru
Leyla A. Gamidullaeva, Doctor of economical sciences, head of the sub-department of marketing, commerce and service sector, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), E-mail: gamidullaeva@gmail.com
Viktoriya S. Krasnobaeva, Assistant, National Research Technological University "MISIS" (4 Leninsky avenue, Moscow, Russia), E-mail: krasnobaeva.viktoria@gmail.com 

Background. Organizational and managerial models for corporate merger based on partnership, mutual benefit and synergy can become a "window of opportunity" for enterprises that need to simultaneously solve the problems of economic survival, technological independence and compliance with the principles of sustainable development. Despite the increased interest of the academic community in this problem, it should be recognized that the issues of operationalizing these models in practice and identifying the key factors underlying the complex interactions that form these models should be recognized as insufficiently developed. Materials and methods. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study are the works of domestic and foreign scientists devoted to the problem of integration of enterprises at the sectoral and intersectoral levels, including works related to the study of the ecosystem approach in the economy. The study was conducted using general scientific methods, including methods of observation, description, analysis, synthesis, induction, comparison, classification, as well as special methods: expert survey, economic analysis, statistical and others. Results. The authors identified stages of the evolution of inter-organizational relations (coordination, integration, cooperation and collaboration) and correlated them with various models of horizontal association of enterprises (from industry unions to innovative industrial ecosystems). It is substantiated that the level of their collaborative maturity should be considered as a criterion for combining enterprises into innovative industrial ecosystems. This article proposes an approach to analyzing the potentials of enterprises in terms of collaboration maturity and evaluation thereof for the potential formation of industrial innovation ecosystems. The authors’ proposals have been tested when assessing collaboration maturity of the participants in the industrial symbiosis for phosphogypsum recycling, as well as when assessing collaboration maturity of the actors in Safer Phosphates industrial innovation ecosystem. Conclusions. The horizontal integration of industrial enterprises develops evolutionarily based on an increase in the level of collaborative maturity of each of the actors. 

industrial cluster, innovation networks, innovative industrial ecosystem, integration, collaboration, assessment approach, interorganizational communications 

Tolstykh T.O., Shmeleva N.V., Gamidullaeva L.A., Krasnobaeva V.S. The role of collaboration in the development of industrial enterprises integration. Modeli, sistemy, seti v ekonomike, tekhnike, prirode i obshchestve = Models, systems, networks in economics, technology, nature and society. 2023;(1):5–36. (In Russ.). doi:10.21685/2227-8486-2023-1-1