Effect of institutional cooperative interactionson competitive strategy of development of industrial enterprises

The article is primarily concerned with theoretical views of different scientific schools on the topic of cooperative interactions of industrial enterprises in the form of business associations. Positions of supporters of New Institutional Economics, Organizational Institutional Theory, theory of social disruptions, corporatism theory, and theory of meta-organizations are outlined. Based on theoretical grounds, the hypothesis is put forward which states that cooperative interactions in the form of business-associations facilitate formation of competitive strategy for development of industrial enterprises in modern Russia. The clustering of regional offices of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE) is performed using Jieng’s method of head/tail breaks for samples with heavy tailed distribution, which is the case in Russia. With the use of nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test, the stated hypothesis is accepted and Dunn’s test is used to show the particular groups that have a significant differences. Classification of regional offices of RUIE by is made and the difference between parameters that characterize development of industrial enterprises within the groups is shown (capital assets put into operation, technology innovations costs spent, number of production technologies created, foreign investments). Recommendations for managers of industrial enterprises are given, the avenues for further research are delineated as well.