Regional Aspects of State Support for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses: Assessment of the Results Achieved and Prospects for Development

Abstract

Relevance. Small and medium-sized enterprises play a significant economic and social role in the development of the regional economy. In the case of real state support, prerequisites are created for the growth of business activity of small and medium-sized businesses. All the above circumstances actualize the topic of scientific publication. The purpose of the study is to assess the achieved results of state support for small and medium-sized enterprises, which will serve as a basis for the formation of promising areas for improving the mechanism of this support. Objectives: to evaluate the results of the achieved results of state support for small and medium-sized enterprises in the subject of the Russian Federation; to differentiate and correlate the types of state support for small and medium-sized businesses to organizations that form the infrastructure of this support; to identify promising areas for improving the mechanism of state support for small and medium-sized enterprises in the subject of the Russian Federation. Methodology. The research used general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis; specific methods: monographic, abstract-logical and content analysis, methods of socio-economic forecasting and program-target planning. Results. The authors evaluated the results of state support for small and medium-sized enterprises in the subject of the Russian Federation. According to the results of the assessment, an increase in interest on the part of the state in supporting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises has been established, which is expressed both in quantitative and qualitative terms. The authors differentiated and correlated the existing types of support to organizations that form the support infrastructure for small and medium-sized business entities in the selected subject of the Russian Federation. Conclusions. There is an increase in interest on the part of the state in supporting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, which gives grounds to continue working in this direction. A promising area of support for the development of small and medium-sized businesses should be the creation of regional models of the university of entrepreneurs, which will allow implementing an educational component into the current mechanism of state support that can form business competencies for future technological entrepreneurs.