TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN SMALL BUSINESS

Small business in the modern economy is an important factor for sustainable social and economic development and state stability. Small business plays a major role in ensuring employment and income growth for the population; increase in the domestic market potential, tax base expansion, development of the commodity market infrastructure and promotion of innovation activities. Direct methods of public administration in the examined area do not give the expected result. Despite numerous regulatory documents aimed at development and support of domestic small business, quantitative and qualitative indicators of this sector in the context of national economy are significantly lower than those of developed and emerging economies. This owes to the fact that different techniques are used for accounting small businesses. Russian economy features a significant informal sector which is not considered as small business.

small business, small enterprise, government management methods, government support, workforce, gross domestic product, informal sector, self-employed entrepreneur, households, regulatory framework

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