УДК 334:330.131.7(477)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36887/2415-8453-2025-4-61
JEL classification: D81, L26, P42
Published: 19.12.2025
The paper identifies the specific risks to the economic security of entrepreneurial activity in Ukraine arising from both the external and internal environments of enterprise operations. The study emphasizes that, under prolonged military conflict, macroeconomic instability, regulatory uncertainty, and rapid technological change, Ukrainian enterprises face a complex set of threats that require a systematic, comprehensive analytical approach. Special attention is paid to digitalization as a factor that generates both positive and negative effects on enterprise development. It is well established that digitalization itself does not constitute either an inherent source of risk or an automatic guarantee of enterprise competitiveness. In this context, the primary risk is not the use of digital technologies per se, but managerial and organizational inefficiencies in implementing digital solutions in everyday business activities. Fragmentary digital initiatives, insufficient integration of digital tools into business processes, and a formal approach to digital transformation may increase operational vulnerability, cyber risks, and dependence on external technological providers. The application of general scientific research methods, including analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, and logical generalization, proved that internal risks to enterprise economic security significantly amplify the impact of external threats. Managerial unpreparedness for crisis situations, the loss of human capital and personnel reserves, insufficient digital skills, and low digital maturity reduce enterprises’ adaptive capacity and limit their ability to respond effectively to external shocks. The results obtained confirm that internal risks play a decisive role in shaping the overall level of economic security. Therefore, ensuring enterprise resilience requires not only monitoring external risk factors, but also strengthening internal management systems, developing digital competencies, and forming a proactive security-oriented development strategy.
Keywords: economic security, risks, entrepreneurship, organizational efficiency, digitalization.
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Otenko Iryna, Mishyn Oleksandr, Mishyna Svitlana. . Update of current risks for the economic security of entrepreneurial activity in ukraine. The journal "Ukrainian Journal of Applied Economics and Technology". 2025 / #4. 307-309pp. https://doi.org/10.36887/2415-8453-2025-4-61
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Otenko Iryna, Mishyn Oleksandr, Mishyna Svitlana. "Update of current risks for the economic security of entrepreneurial activity in ukraine". The journal "Ukrainian Journal of Applied Economics and Technology". . https://doi.org/10.36887/2415-8453-2025-4-61