MANAGING THE FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES OF BUSINESS AGENTS

The theoretical principles and practical aspects of business entities foreign economic activities are the subject of the article; its aim is to determine the nature and functions of business agents foreign economic activities. Such methods as system-structural approach, the method of logical analysis, methods of observation and synthesis, method of structuring are used in the investigation. The results of investigation comprise determining the nature of foreign economic activities of the business entity (enteropise), determining management functions, setting the consistency of foreign economic activity functions and identifying relation between their elements. The sphere of investigation results applying lies in further research of the problems and prospects of developing the domestic business entities foreign economic activity; applying in studying process, including preparation of relevant sections of textbooks and lectures on the academic course ?Fundamentals of foreign economic activity?. Conclusions: studying foreign economic activity of domestic business entities is of great importance in context of Ukraine’s integration into the world economic environment. Taking into consideration the nature of foreign trade activities, the enterprise’s foreign economic activity management should include solving such important problems as the development of foreign economic activity strategic directions, forming the optimal management structure and its coordination with other business activities on the domestic market, accounting and controlling the efficiency of foreign economic operations, informational support of solutions in the sphere of relations with foreign partners.