Business nets: Classification and management mechanisms (Working paper W-407). <...> Business nets: Classification and management mechanisms (Working paper W-407). <...> Tatiana G. Kasyanenko, Doctor of Science, Economics, Professor of the Chair of Corporate finances and business assessment, The St. Petersburg State University of Economics Zhanna N. Tarasova, Candidate of Science, Economics, Associate professor of the Chair of Corporate economy and price formation, The St. Petersburg State University of Economics Network and cluster forms of organizations amalgamation in business: the similarities and differences ABSTRACT: The article contains an in-depth consideration of such categories as “network” “cluster” through the comparison of their characteristics. <...> A comparative analysis thereof has been also performed by the authors. <...> It has been shown that, although a cluster is a network form of modern business organization (one of the kinds of interorganizational networks), it has certain characteristics distinguishing it quite clearly from the “network” category. <...> В статье предложено системное рассмотрение таких категорий, как «сеть» и «кластер», через исследование их характеристик и дан их сравнительный анализ. <...> Показано, что при том, что кластер представляет собой сетевую форму организации современных бизнесов (один из видов межорганизационных сетей), он имеет ряд признаков, позволяющих его четко дифференцировать от категории «сеть».! <...>