Interdisciplinary Almanac "Innovations and Perspectives in Science and Technology"

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Interdisciplinary Almanac "Innovations and Perspectives in Science and Technology". Volume 2: Collective Monograph. Plovdiv: ASPECT-PRO LTD, 2026. – ISBN 978-619-92760-4-4. – DOI: 10.62034/almanac.ipst.2026.v2. Available at: https://e-books.guru/almanac-ipst-2026-v2

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THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY OF ROAD FREIGHT TRANSPORT ENTERPRISES

✎	Author	Anton Pavlenko
◉	ORCID	https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5030-9869
◆	Academic degree / title	Master’s degree in Economics
◈	Institution / affiliation	Postgraduate Student, National Transport University, Kyiv, Ukraine
✉	E-mail	anton_pavlenko@ukr.net

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Pavlenko, A. (2026). Theoretical and methodological principles of economic sustainability of road freight transport enterprises. In Interdisciplinary Almanac “Innovations and Perspectives in Science and Technology”: Volume 2. Collective monograph (Article 2). ASPECT-PRO LTD. https://doi.org/10.62034/almanac.ipst.2026.v2

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Research Structure & Methodological Framework

A compact guide to the study objective, theoretical-methodological design, five-profile diagnostic architecture, key figures and tables, conclusions and references.

5 diagnostic profiles

4 dynamic characteristics

4 diagnostic zones

17 / 18 figures / tables

92 references

Overview

The study develops a sector-specific framework for diagnosing the economic sustainability of road freight transport enterprises under disruption and high-tech transformation. Economic sustainability is treated as an enterprise-level capacity to preserve financial viability and a critical transport function over time, while resilience describes the disturbance-response dimension of that capacity.

Research objective. To develop a theoretically grounded and reproducible methodology for diagnosing the economic sustainability of road freight transport enterprises under disruption and high-tech transformation.

Methodology

The theoretical-methodological design combines conceptual synthesis, sector-specific vulnerability analysis and methodological operationalization. The unit of analysis is the road freight transport enterprise, and the framework preserves the distinction between conditions, capabilities or mechanisms, observable outcomes and dynamic responses to disturbance.

Conceptual Synthesis

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Sector-Specific Analysis

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Indicator Operationalization

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Five-Profile Diagnostics

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Dynamic & Empirical Testing

Analytical logic: Condition / Vulnerability → Capability / Mechanism → Observable Change → Economic Outcome → Dynamic Sustainability Response.

Five-Profile Diagnostic Model

Financial-Economic

Operational-Market

Resource-Technical

Innovation-Technological

Risk-Dynamic

Dynamic characteristics: resistance · recovery capacity · adaptability · transformational capacity. The profiles are interpreted separately so that a critical weakness in one dimension is not mechanically compensated by strength in another.

Key Figures & Tables

Fig. 5 · Theoretical Architecture Performance, capabilities and dynamics of economic sustainability. Fig. 6 · High-Tech Transformation Architecture Technologies, business processes, outcomes and dynamic sustainability characteristics. Fig. 13 · Multi-Contour Profile-Matrix Method Information base, five diagnostic profiles, zoning, typology and modelling. Table 15 · Profile Diagnostic Indicators Indicator system, formulas, direction, analytical role and limitations. Table 16 · Thresholds & Diagnostic Zones Rules for setting reference values and profile diagnostic zones. Fig. 15 · Profile-Matrix Representation Visualization of economic-sustainability zones across diagnostic profiles. Fig. 16 · Dynamic Trajectory Resistance, recovery, adaptation and transformation through disturbance. Fig. 17 · End-to-End Methodology Testing From data and diagnostics to measures, forecasts and control.

Key Conclusions

1. Economic Sustainability as an Enterprise-Level Capacity

Economic sustainability is defined as the capacity to preserve financial viability and a critical road freight function over time. Resilience is its disturbance-response dimension and comprises resistance, recovery capacity, adaptability and transformational capacity.

2. High-Tech Transformation Works through Material Processes

Telematics, TMS, electronic documents, analytics and fleet technologies contribute to sustainability when they change material processes and generate viable service or economic outcomes. Data quality, skills, cybersecurity, vendor dependence and capital burden condition those effects.

3. Five Non-Compensatory Profiles Preserve Critical Weaknesses

The proposed multi-contour profile-matrix methodology combines five separate diagnostic profiles, documented indicator definitions, four decision zones and measures of functional decline and recovery. Its non-compensatory logic prevents strong results in one dimension from concealing a critical deficit in another.

4. Empirical Validation Remains a Required Next Stage

Application requires a defined enterprise population, disturbance and observation window, explicit cohort transitions and sensitivity assessment of thresholds and baselines. Generalizable or causal conclusions require empirical validation and, for causal interpretation, a defensible identification strategy.

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