Resources of an Enterprise: Theoretical Comprehension of the Essence

The article analyses the systems of categories and notions connected with understanding of the economic nature of resources of an enterprise. It proves that the modern concept of economic resources is the result of the lasting development of the scientific thought; it traces evolution of scientific knowledge about economic resources. It systemises scientific views with respect to the modern interpretation of the "resources" category in economic literature; reveals the problems connected with lack of co-ordination of the terminological set and identification of essence of the "resources", "economic resources" and "factors of production" notions. On the basis of generalisation and systematisation of various points of view of scientists on the essence of the "resources of an enterprise", "economic resources" and "factors of production" categories the article marks out their most significant features, identifies the areas of their application and organises the notional and categorical mechanism on the basis of differentiation of the studied notions.