Any enterprise simultaneously carries out different types of activities. Each of them has its own characteristics and distinctive features, as well as tasks and goals.
Currently, the foreign economic activity of the enterprise attracts the attention of various departments, associations and enterprises. It is a combination of some functions of various production structures (commercial, industrial, economic, organizational and economic).
More recently, foreign economic activity, specifically the import of services and goods, was under the monopoly influence and control of the state, but now the Russian Federation is inclined to liberalize foreign trade, therefore organizations, enterprises and other business entities can freely participate in it.
The foreign economic activity of an enterprise is nothing but one of the areas of economic activity that is associated with international scientific, technical and industrial cooperation, import, export of various products, as well as the entry of a particular enterprise into the open market.
Foreign economic activity of the enterprise has its goals. First of all, it is called upon to get acquainted with various aspects of enterprises' activities with foreign firms and organizations, as well as evaluate promising aspects of foreign economic activity as a whole. It seeks to change the volume of imports and exports, provide the country with all the necessary resources (energy, raw materials, etc.), change the ratio of prices (import and export). In order to achieve these goals, the foreign economic activity of the enterprise solves some problems. First, it studies methods and methods of trade policy of different countries. Secondly, it studies the methods of international pricing. Thirdly, it studies the technique and organization of various foreign economic operations.
A special place in management is occupied by the financial activities of the enterprise. This refers to activities aimed at providing the enterprise with financial resources, as well as achieving specific goals of social and economic development. The financial activities of any enterprise solves some problems. Firstly, it is designed to provide the current financial, investment, operational activities of the enterprise with the necessary resources. Secondly, its tasks include the search for various reserves to increase the profits, incomes and profitability of the enterprise. Thirdly, it is necessary to ensure the fulfillment of the financial obligations of the enterprise to business partners, trust funds, and the budget. Fourthly, the financial activities of the enterprise include the financial support of its social and industrial development. Fifth, control over the targeted use and efficient distribution of all financial resources is necessary.
Among the important factors that ensure the effective functioning of the economic system, includes the commercial activities of the enterprise. It affects the efficiency of production, as well as various indicators of its activity: level of commercial costs, volume of sales, indicators of turnover and so on. Commercial activity has the main goal - making a profit. She solves some problems at the enterprise. Firstly, it is the purchase of equipment, raw materials, materials by organizations and enterprises of various sectors of the economy. Secondly, volumes of purchases of various goods are planned, taking into account the intended level of profit. Thirdly, the assortment and marketing of all products at industrial enterprises is planned. Fourth, in commercial activities, the selection and search for the best partner is carried out. Fifth, the tasks of commercial activity are wholesale and retail trade.