The Uncompromising Nature of a Stable State of the Enterprise: Reality or Utopia?

• Main Author: Ponomarenko Tеtyana V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: PH "INZHEK" 2016-05-01
• Series: Problemi Ekonomiki
• Subjects: enterprise economic stability; stable state; instable state; equilibrium; development; vital activity
• Online Access: http://www.problecon.com/export_pdf/problems-of-economy-2016-2_0-pages-110_116.pdf

There has been foregrounded the problematics of a probability of the enterprise existence in binary states: stable — instable. It is emphasized that most of scientists insist on the uncompromising nature of the stable state. The examples of the functioning of world companies, which give grounds to speak about its discrete nature, are presented. It is shown that the dynamic nature of stability is revealed through the prism of the adaptive and equilibrum approach and evolutionary and progressive one. On the basis of the critical analysis of their content there determined the hopelessness of prospects for using the first approach due to the impossibility of maintaining the equilibrium state of the enterprise during an extended period of time. The key postulates of the synergy theory are transformed to be used in the course of economic reasoning. It is noted that the dialectical unity of the multidirectional processes of destruction and creation determines the simultaneous existence of signs of stability and instability at the enterprise, which generates the weakening of the current and formation of new potential opportunities. Consequently, the excessive “dramatization” of the instable state excludes an adequate response of the management and diverts attention from the key issue — the length of staying in it. It is proved that the achievement of the highest possible synthetic unity of all the parameters of the stable state is mainly of the hypothetical nature and the permanent vital activity of the enterprise is possible only through its qualitative changes, the processes of generation of which periodically change stable periods of the enterprise existence.