The article deals with the analysis of business activity of companies and suggests the clustering as a key integration pattern of the central and peripheral region areas.Prerequisites of clustering formation and development are considered in the article.Moreover, the authors stressed that clustering increases the investment prospects of both the industry and the region.

T.V. Kushnarenko Et Al (2018). Clustering as an Integration Pattern of Business Activity, European Research Studies Journal Volume XXI Special Issue 1, 553-563