THE ANALYSIS OF THE STATUS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGIONAL INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT
The article illustrates the methodology for assessing the innovative development of the subjects of the Russian Federation with a view to further analyzing its impact on the state of small and medium-sized enterprises and on the innovative activity of small enterprises. The study uses the index approach to the comprehensive assessment of the innovative development of Russian regions. The tables of contingency are at the heart of the analysis of the relationship between the indicators of small and medium-sized enterprises and the innovative development of the region. As a result of the analysis it was established that with the growth of the regional innovative development, the contribution of small and medium-sized enterprises to the economy is increasing, but this relationship is weakening with the transition to smaller size groups of enterprises.
Keywords: small and medium-sized business, small and medium-sized enterprises, innovative development, innovative activity.
Highlights:
the level of development of small and medium-sized enterprises is higher in Russia`s innovation regions, but the relationship between the state of the business and regional innovative development is weakening with the transition to small size groups of organizations;
the innovative infrastructure contributes to the development of all size groups of enterprises, whereas resources and results of innovative activities have a positive relationship only with medium-sized enterprises;
the innovative activity of small enterprises is influenced by all components of the regional innovative development.
Anna A. Ermolina, a post-graduate student, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.