Assessment of the readiness of small and medium-sized enterprises for cooperation within the cluster: methodology and approbation

The role of clusters in the development of small and medium - sized enterprises is substantiated in the article. The methodology for assessing the readiness of small and medium - sized enterprises for clustering has been developed and tested on the example of the Vitebsk region. An assessment of the readiness of small and medium - sized enterprises in the Vitebsk region for clustering is given. Directions for using the potential of digitalization in creating clusters in small and medium - sized enterprises are proposed.