Medium-sized Businesses In Russia Research Articles

АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ ЦИФРОВОЙ ТРАНСФОРМАЦИИ МАЛОГО И СРЕДНЕГО БИЗНЕСА

The article examines the interpretations of the concepts of “digitalization” and “digital transformation”; analyzes the activities of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia and the Donetsk People’s Republic in digital transformation; identifies the main digital trends of past and present periods; substantiates the problems hindering the development of digital trends and the transformation of small and medium-sized businesses in modern conditions.

Sustainable development: opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses in Russia

The article examines the possibilities of sustainable development for Russian small and medium-sized businesses in the context of global economic uncertainty. New niches available for small and medium-sized businesses are analyzed, the impact of the concept of sustainable development on companies and the advantages of introducing its elements into activities are also considered.

DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A DIRECTION FOR IMPROVING SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES

Background. The relevance of this work is due to the active development of domestic business in the context of the actualization of the sustainable development agenda, as well as the development of the concept of social responsibility in Russia. The purpose of the article is to identify the role of corporate social responsibility as a direction for improving small and medium-sized businesses. Materials and methods. Within the framework of the conducted research, approaches to the study of social responsibility of business were studied both by foreign - E. Sharm, M. Porter, A. Carroll, T. Lee, - and domestic scientists - M.V. Kivarin, E. Grigoryan, I. Yurasov, V. Gorfinkel, N. Rodionova, N. Filimonova, etc., as well as the results of a sociological study using the questionnaire survey method (n = 391), the distribution of respondents was carried out by federal districts in accordance with the proportion of the number of small and medium-sized enterprises of the district in the overall structure small and medium-sized businesses in Russia. Results. The key advantages and possible risks of integrating the principles of corporate social responsibility into the activities of small and medium-sized businesses are identified. The key trends and opportunities that can become a driver in the development of small and medium-sized enterprises operating in conditions of economic tension are analyzed. Conclusions. In the conditions of a narrow radius of trust characteristic of modern Russian society, the integration of corporate social responsibility is a driver of improvement of small and medium-sized businesses.

State support for small and medium-sized businesses of the Russian Federation to overcome the effects of sanction restrictions in 2022: Issues of application

Subject. This article discusses the development issues of small and medium-sized businesses in the context of large-scale sanctions against the Russian economy sectors, as well as individuals and legal entities. Objectives. The article aims to define the role of the government to strengthen and improve the Russian economy in the context of sanction restrictions and overcome the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Methods. For the study, I used general scientific research methods. Results. Based on a comparative analysis of the financial indicators of the development of small and medium-sized businesses for 2021–2022, the article presents a preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of State support for small and medium-sized businesses in Russia in 2022. Conclusions. Prompt response to the imposition of new sanctions is required at the legislative level.

Особенности развития предприятий малого и среднего бизнеса в условиях внешних ограничений

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Russia are characterized by a large number and, at the same time, vulnerability: due to limited capital, SMEs are unable to independently cope with the challenges of the external environment and need state support. In the current economic conditions, SMEs experience a number of difficulties associated with both limited access to resources and high competition in the market. In addition, the sanctions imposed against Russia have complicated the activities of SMEs in the areas of supply, procurement, information and advertising, which determined the relevance of the study. The purpose of the study is to identify the features of the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the face of external constraints. The object of the study is small and medium-sized businesses in Russia in general and the Orenburg region, as one of the border regions. The choice for the study of the Orenburg region is justified by the strategically important economic and geographical position of this region. The research methodology was based on general scientific methods of cognition, as well as logical-comparative, causal and correlation-regression analysis. The study carried out a retrospective analysis of the development of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia and the Orenburg region, considered the areas of activity in respect of which anti-Russian sanctions were imposed, and also identified the main patterns of the modern development of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia. Considerable attention is paid to the mechanisms of state support for small and medium-sized businesses in Russia and the Orenburg region. Based on the analysis of statistical data, the main problem of the development of SMEs and its support in the Orenburg region was identified. The study analyzed the experience of successful implementation of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia and the Orenburg region. It is shown that digitalization is an urgent and most promising direction for the development of small and medium-sized businesses. The practical significance of the study is to determine the features and promising directions for the development of SMEs in Russia and the Orenburg region in the context of external restrictions, taking into account import substitution. The results of the analysis of key economic sectors and the functioning of SMEs presented in the article will be useful to their management, as well as to the scientific community for further research in the following areas: identifying import substitution factors at SMEs under external restrictions and sanctions, identifying objective and subjective conditions of negative impact on the subjects SMEs, the distribution of the productive forces of SMEs, the spatial specialization of SMEs, planning and forecasting the development of SMEs under external constraints, and a number of others. Key words: small and medium business, external restrictions, sanctions, directions of development of small and medium business, features.

Creating conditions and prospects for developing medium-sized businesses in Russia

Creating conditions and prospects for developing medium-sized businesses in Russia

Legal Regulation of State Financial Support for Agricultural Producers on the Grain Market of the Russian Federation

Author studies the measures and programs of state financial support provided to agricultural producers, as small and medium-sized businesses, in the grain market of the Russian Federation, and make proposals for its optimization. During the study were used methods of analysis, synthesis, generalization and formal legal thinking. As result of the research author concludes that financing of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia is still developing with significant state support. Agriculture, due to its characteristics, is subject to increased state regulation. As a result of the study, it is noted that today there are indeed many stimulating and compensatory measures of state financial support. However, there are a few problems in the implementation of this mechanism. As a result of the study, measures are proposed to improve the mechanism of financial support and increase the availability of financing for agricultural producers, in particular regions and remote areas. The theoretical and / or practical significance is determined in the generalization, conclusions and proposals that can be used for subsequent work in the direction in order to improve this institution, as well as in rulemaking by the legislative bodies of the government of the Russian Federation. The novelty of the work lies in the proposal to conduct a diagnostic study of the state of financing of agriculture, in particular grain markets, with a view to the possible implementation of some successfully implemented financing programs. As conclusion, author presented proposals for improving state support measures to increase the availability of financing for agricultural producers, in particular the regions and remote areas of the country.

On some aspects of the activities of large and medium-sized businesses during the spread of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 and measures of state support

The article considers the economic performance of small and medium-sized businesses from 2019 to 2022 and evaluates them in correlation with the spread of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19. An analysis was also made of the ongoing measures of state support for business, the effectiveness of their use, and the measures that are planned to be applied in 2022 to level the impact of the pandemic on small and medium-sized businesses in Russia are described.

ПУТИ РАЗВИТИЯ ЗАКУПОК СТРАХОВЫХ УСЛУГ У СУБЪЕКТОВ МАЛОГО И СРЕДНЕГО ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСТВА

The article is devoted to the analysis of the current situation of procurement from small and medium-sized businesses in Russia within the framework of 44 and 223 Federal Laws. The main problems and trends of these purchases are considered. The analysis of the dynamics of the decrease in the number of insurance companies – representatives of small and mediumsized businesses in Russia was carried out. The situation with the state of licenses of insurers by types of insurance as of March 2022 has been structured. The situation with the provision of preferences for procurement from small and medium-sized businesses was considered separately within the framework of 44 and 223 Federal Laws. Proposals are made to reduce the risks of industry monopolization in these segments and the development of unfair competition due to a decrease in the number of players in the insurance market of the Russian Federation.

The SME sector of the Russian Federation: Current status, development problems, and State support measures

Subject. This article analyzes the functioning of the small and medium-sized business sector in Russia and the SME support programmes implemented in Germany, the USA, and the UK. Objectives. The article aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the development indicators of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia and some foreign countries, and develop recommendations for improving State support for this business in Russia. Methods. For the study, we used the methods of comparative and content analyses. Results. The article identifies and describes the main negative factors affecting the development of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia. Conclusions. The article concludes that it is necessary to develop strategic measures aimed at increasing the investment activities in the small and medium-sized business sector.

Current Trends in Bank Financing of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses in Russia

The development of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia is associated with a number of problems, including low availability of bank loans as the main source of financing activity. During the pandemic, measures provided at the state level to support entrepreneurs helped to mitigate the negative consequences, however, the reduction in the number of small and medium-sized businesses continued. The purpose of the study is to analyze current trends in the development of bank financing of small and medium-sized businesses, the impact of the pandemic on its main indicators. The article examines the dynamics of the main indicators of bank financing of small and medium-sized businesses in 2019–2021: loan debts, including overdue loans, the volume of loans issued. With the help of Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, the relationship between the indicator of the debt burden of small and medium-sized businesses and the level of overdue debt on loans granted to small and medium-sized businesses in the context of federal districts is determined. The study showed that the relationship between these factors is weak, therefore, at present, the level of the debt burden of entrepreneurs does not significantly affect the formation of overdue loans, which puts forward the task of further searching for the causes of its occurrence and ways to reduce it.

The current situation of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia

The article examines the situation related to the development and problems in Russian small and medium-sized enterprises over the past decade. The assessment of the institutional environment of entrepreneurship at the present stage of its existence is given. The subject of the study is the processes taking place in this sector of the economy. The purpose of the article is to study the peculiarities of the development and existence of Russian small and medium-sized businesses.The theoretical and methodological basis was made up of articles by authors directly involved in business, as well as authors considering this economic activity from a methodological point of view. Changes in the institutional environment of the economy are becoming particularly relevant due to the challenges associated with sanctions restrictions against the country, as well as the serious dependence of the budget on oil and gas trade in raw materials, where energy prices have recently collapsed.The materials of the article can be used by mass media focused on the problems of domestic entrepreneurship. The novelty of the article primarily consists in a comprehensive analysis of the situation in this sector of the economy over the past decade. The state of the country's economy directly depends not only on the players of big business, but also largely on the objects of small and medium-sized enterprises, since they use local labor, raw materials and production resources on the territory. Therefore, economic diversification is currently an important issue for the state economic policy of the state, and it is small and medium-sized businesses that could become the locomotive that would allow the country to get out of further technological and socio-economic distress.

Improving the Supply Chain Management

Abstract This paper develops a methodological approach to assessing the supply chain management in small- and medium-sized businesses with further testing it in the companies in the post-Soviet economies. The research objectives were achieved in terms of a sophisticated multi-country project resulting in assessment of the supply chain management for small- and medium-sized businesses in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan (256 businesses in total). The study was implemented through a phased application of online survey methods using closed-ended single-choice questions, including a 5-point Likert scale, mean score ranking, and ABC analysis using the Pareto principle. The assessment showed that, regardless of the surveyed country, almost all respondent businesses use a reactive supply chain design. Since the reactive design does not allow for the implementation of resilient supply chain development, the recommended practices, which have been developed during the pilot phase, deal with improving the supply chain management and gradual transformation of the reactive design into a cooperative management model to ensure resilient supply chain development under uncertainty.

Кризис предпринимательства в условиях пандемии COVID-19

The coronavirus infection COVID-19, which swept the world in early 2020, has caused crisis phenomena in all economic segments. Small and medium-sized businesses appeared the most affected. Based on the study and generalization of analytical materials and approximation of statistical data, the most significant problems of both economic and socio-psychological level affecting the business community were identified, solving them can improve the efficiency of the labor activity. The crisis of entrepreneurship is a reaction of society to the changes that took place in the business environment, it is associated with contradictions arising between the need to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic and the eagerness to save small and medium-sized businesses. It has been inferred that the intermediate consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have intensified the already existing negative effects of the crisis in the labor sector, which is most clearly manifested in the regional context. The dynamics of changes in the number of unemployed in the Russian Federation as a whole and in the Rostov region in particular is illustrated. The graph of changes in the number of registered small and medium-sized businesses in Russia is presented. Solving the problem requires a significant adjustment of the actions taken at the government level aimed at overcoming crisis situations both in the field of employment and unemployment, and support for entrepreneurship in general. Measures to solve the problems of the entrepreneurs and their employees have been proposed.

Investigation of program mechanisms efficiency for the small and medium-sized businesses development in Russia

The study examines the improvement trends of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia by the year 2021. Measures of state support aimed at developing the entrepreneurship are outlined. The effective growth of entrepreneurship leads to the satisfaction of products, works, services, and new jobs. Support for small and medium-sized business entities in foreign countries is at a higher level than in Russia. This is due not only to the long period of formation of the market economy but also to the fact that foreign countries’ government attaches great importance to small forms of enterprises and supports them by implementing special programs and providing benefits. The study aims to evaluate the program mechanisms’ efficiency for developing small and medium-sized entrepreneurship in Russia. The authors substantiated a system of indicators characterizing state support’s socio-economic efficiency in consolidated blocks: entrepreneurial, budgetary, and social efficiency. A methodology for assessing state programs’ efficiency for developing small and medium-sized businesses, including integral indicators based on the standardization of entrepreneurial efficiency components, has been developed. This methodology makes it possible to identify the relationship between the social aspects of entrepreneurial activity and state support.

Research on the goal setting by modern students

The article presents a study of the goal setting by modern students. The authors analyze the role of goal setting in educational and future professional activities. The authors consider goal setting in the structure of valueoriented activity. They reveal the correlation of prosocial and egoistic values of students. The article provides a brief overview of modern approaches to goal setting. The authors consider various aspects of goal setting related to future professional activities, family life planning and the formation of material prosperity. The practical part of the study includes an analysis of goal setting based on a survey of 479 respondents (172 male, 307 female). The respondents were senior students of Novosibirsk universities. The researchers asked the respondents to formulate their life goals for one year, for five years, and for life. The results of this study are diverse. On the one hand, it reveals disturbing trends (a low level of prosocial motives expressed in the goal setting by students, as well as a small percentage of students who associate their future with research activities). Consumer motivation is expressed in student’s goal setting much more strongly than prosocial motivation. On the other hand, the results of the study allow us to speak about the preservation of the importance of family values in the views of modern students. There is a desire to acquire housing in the property, which indicates a tendency to settle down. This contradicts the ideas about the prospect of increasing the mobility of labor resources in Russia. It is also significant that only less than a third of young men and less than a third of girls expressed their intention to start their own business, which indirectly indicates the relatively modest prospects for the development of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia. Finally, the study showed a low level of emigrant sentiment among the surveyed students. The authors consider it expedient to organize such studies everywhere on an ongoing basis.

Financial instruments of State support for small and medium-sized businesses in Russia during the coronavirus pandemic

Subject. The article examines financial instruments of State support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Russia, in the context of the crisis and pandemic. Objectives. The purposes are to unveil major financial and economic mechanisms and instruments of State support for SMEs, analyze the results of State policy, aimed at financial assistance to SMEs, assess measures to support SMEs during the crisis and pandemic, and define the main directions of State policy development in relation to SMEs in the coming years. Methods. The study employs methods of logical, statistical, qualitative and qualitative analysis, and graphical methods for presenting the results of information analysis. Results. I identify economic problems, faced by SMEs in the most affected spheres of activity, reveal that the vulnerable position of SMEs rests on insufficient financial stability of companies, which is associated with negative changes in the economy that disrupted the economic linkages among entities, and a decrease in lending from the banking sector. Conclusions. In Russia, there are serious problems in SME development. To solve them, it is necessary to maintain anti-crisis measures and continue targeted support to SMEs in priority sectors of the economy. It is crucial to develop comprehensive financial support for SMEs, consolidate all support tools provided by credit institutions and participants of the National Guarantee System, expand the access of SMEs to participation in procurement of the largest customers, and digitalize the procurement process on the basis of a digital platform.

Entrepreneurship: Problems of Development in the Modern Economy of the Russian Federation

The authors propose an interpretation of the "entrepreneurship" term that is relevant for the current moment with the aim of a new understanding and clarified interpretation. The article analyzes the industry specifics of the Russian national economy, identifies the problems of the development of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia. Weak representation in the economy as a whole, lack of drivers for growth, low innovation, and profitability. All this does not allow Russian small and medium-sized enterprises to take any significant place in society. Recommendations for changing the situation should begin with a deep diagnosis of problems. The authors present the first results of their initiative research.

Entrepreneurship support institutions in Russia

The article presents historical and modern aspects of the theory of entrepreneurship, the role of entrepreneurship in the socio-economic life of the country. The paper considers the reasons: why the state should create conditions for the development of small and medium-sized businesses. The study gives criteria for defining small and medium-sized businesses in Russia and in the European Union. The author studies and presents the main indicators that characterize the degree of development of small and medium-sized businesses in terms of their involvement in the economy. The article gives the classification of the main measures to support small and medium-sized businesses in countries with a developed business sector. The paper considers the main measures of state support for entrepreneurship in Russia and assesses their effectiveness.

Эффективное развитие предприятий малого и среднего бизнеса как фактор экономической безопасности страны

The article presents the results of the analysis of the state of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia. The role of small and medium-sized businesses in the economic security of the country is shown. A quantitative analysis of the academic literature on the subject under consideration is carried out. The strategic initiatives of the state to improve the efficiency of this sector are analyzed. Based on the results of sociological surveys published in open sources, the factors that hinder the development of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia are identified. China’s experience in improving the efficiency of the development of small and medium-sized businesses has been studied.