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Identification of Points of Economic Security for Large Integrated Structures of the Manufacturing Sector of the Economy
The issues of the efficiency of functioning of integrated structures of a production nature in the modern economy are considered on the basis of the thesis that the integration of production is directly related to diversification. Diversification options for integrated production structures are considered. The authors single out the issues of ensuring the economic security of industrial enterprises of ferrous metallurgy, belonging to the category of integrated production systems, into independent consideration. The thesis that the assessment of the economic security of such production systems should be made not only on the basis of an analysis of financial and economic indicators, but also on the basis of industry and financial risk indicators, capitalization volumes (in the case of a company's publicity) and some others, has been formulated. The analysis of the generality of economic security risks, in particular, industry risks, financial risks, risks of core activities, was made on the basis of systematization of data from several, the most significant, enterprises of the metallurgical sector. The analysis of the state and development trends of the metallurgical sector of the Russian Federation presented in the work suggests that the economic security of enterprises in the sector is permanently under a complex of threats, both external and internal. Statistical and analytical material on the research topic is presented.