Abstract
Increasing the innovation activity of small enterprises is an urgent problem in Russia and its regions. Innovations include both the production of new or improved products (goods and services) that are significantly different from previously produced products, and the introduction of new or more advanced production processes in enterprises that are significantly different from those that were previously used. The aim of the study was to assess the levels of innovation use based on the specific weight of small innovative enterprises in the total number of small enterprises in the regions of Russia. The study used mathematical modeling of empirical data for all regions and the construction of the corresponding density functions of the normal distribution. The official information of the Federal State Statistics Service for 2015, 2017 and 2019 was considered as the initial empirical data. The study included the study of indicators that characterize the share of small innovative enterprises. The average values of the indicators were determined, as well as the ranges of their changes in the regions of Russia. The conclusions of the study, which contain scientific novelty and originality, are as follows: it is proposed to use economic and mathematical models to evaluate the values of indicators that characterize the innovation activity of small enterprises; it is shown that almost every twentieth small enterprise in Russia showed a certain innovation activity during the period under review; it is shown that the values of the specific weights of small innovative enterprises in the total number of small enterprises were significantly differentiated by region; the regions with the maximum and minimum values of the specific weights of small innovative enterprises are identified.
Highlights
IntroductionSmall businesses are constantly faced with the problems of selling manufactured goods and services due to the growing demands of customers, the need to ensure competitiveness in the markets, and the desire to improve the efficiency of their activities.To solve these problems, enterprises need to improve and update their products; modernize with new equipment and tools; develop specialization; use better raw materials and components; introduce advanced technological processes; improve the functions and management methods performed; improve the competencies of employees; improve logistics and marketing strategies; improve the environmental friendliness of their production (Mompo & Redoli, 2009; Gunday et al, 2011; Slack et al, 2015).It should be noted that previously, innovative activity was described in research as scientific, research, industrial or technological activity
The purpose of our study was to assess the levels of innovation use based on the share of small innovative enterprises in the total number of small enterprises operating in the regions of Russia
The purpose of the study, which was to assess the levels of innovation use based on taking into account the share of small innovative enterprises in the total number of small enterprises in the regions of Russia for 2015, 2017 and 2019, was achieved
Summary
Small businesses are constantly faced with the problems of selling manufactured goods and services due to the growing demands of customers, the need to ensure competitiveness in the markets, and the desire to improve the efficiency of their activities.To solve these problems, enterprises need to improve and update their products; modernize with new equipment and tools; develop specialization; use better raw materials and components; introduce advanced technological processes; improve the functions and management methods performed; improve the competencies of employees; improve logistics and marketing strategies; improve the environmental friendliness of their production (Mompo & Redoli, 2009; Gunday et al, 2011; Slack et al, 2015).It should be noted that previously, innovative activity was described in research as scientific, research, industrial or technological activity. Small businesses are constantly faced with the problems of selling manufactured goods and services due to the growing demands of customers, the need to ensure competitiveness in the markets, and the desire to improve the efficiency of their activities. To solve these problems, enterprises need to improve and update their products; modernize with new equipment and tools; develop specialization; use better raw materials and components; introduce advanced technological processes; improve the functions and management methods performed; improve the competencies of employees; improve logistics and marketing strategies; improve the environmental friendliness of their production (Mompo & Redoli, 2009; Gunday et al, 2011; Slack et al, 2015). It should be noted that innovation should extend to high-tech activities
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