Business trends in small business in Russia

Strategic objectives of the State policy, mentioned in various development programmes, clearly state small business as a tool for fine tuning the competitiveness of economic agents on the internal and external markets, and also as one of the main sources of economical growth in the short term. In this article the study of business climate in small businesses of real economy sector in Russia is presented through a variety of short-term indicators. Results of the pilot survey of business activity undertaken in nearly 3 thousand of small business entities from 30 regions of Russian Federation, covering spheres of industry, construction and retail trade served as a database for current study (pilot survey was undertaken by the Information and Publishing Center «Statistics of Russia» in October 2014). Current Russian statistical practice mainly uses quantitative evaluation methods in small business studies. The major part of expert activity is occupied by marketing and sociological approaches of studying entrepreneurship. At the same time, application of the information support, based on not quantitative statistical data, can significantly increase and expand the importance of analytical opportunities of expeditious economic monitoring of branch processes. Comprehensive study of a financial and economic situation in the specified branches fills the existing gap in information on the researches based on conjuncture surveys.

малый бизнес, деловой климат, конъюнктура, индекс предпринимательской уверенности, промышленность, строительство, розничная торговля, small business, business climate, conjuncture, business confidence index, industry, construction, retail trade

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