Assessing the Efficiency of Russian Business Support Institutions in the Digital Economy

Aim. The presented study aims to determine methodological approaches to assessing the efficiency of government regulation and support of small and medium enterprises in the context of the digitalization of the economy, to propose directions for its improvement, and to consider institutions and tools that could contribute to solving the problems of small enterprises in the post-COVID period.
Tasks. The authors examine the major problems in the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Russia, potential opportunities and solutions; analyze the main problems of SME support; determine indicators and criteria for evaluating the efficiency of this type of national and municipal administration.
Methods. This study uses the methods of abstraction and aggregation, historical analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, systemic and structural approaches.
Results. The results of the study prove that the assessment of the efficiency of government regulation and support of small and medium enterprises in the context of the digitalization of the economy should be considered not only using KPI, but also by applying extended criteria and indicators at various management levels as part of an integrated approach. This makes it possible to determine why SMEs, which traditionally experience a lack of financial resources, use government support mechanisms to such a small extent.
Conclusions. In Russia, government support is provided to SMEs in the form of guarantees and benefits, subsidization of the costs of leasing contracts and participation in advertising campaigns and exhibitions, co-funding of regional system-forming business projects. At the same time, the most important factor in optimizing the system of government regulation and support of entrepreneurship is the creation of digital space infrastructure to increase the efficiency of interaction between the government and business structures, since the existing system is not optimal.

1. Kremin A.E. Assessment methodology of state support efficiency of small entrepreneurship in the

2. region. Problemy razvitiya territorii = Problems of Territory’s Development. 2017;(3):46-61.

3. (In Russ.).

4. On the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the Russian Federation. Federal

5. Law No. 209-FZ of July 24, 2007 (as amended on August 3, 2018). URL: http:// http://www.

6. consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc&base=LAW&n=304211&fld=134&dst=1000000001,0&

7. rnd=0.4978508076174102#04346332659625938 (accessed on 16.07.2021). (In Russ.).

8. On amendments to the state program of the Russian Federation “Scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation”. Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation

9. of March 31, 2021 No. 518. Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

10. URL: https://minobrnauki.gov.ru/documents/?ELEMENT_ID=33180 (accessed on 16.07.2021).

11. (In Russ.).

12. On the approval of the state program of the Russian Federation “Development of industry and

13. increasing its competitiveness” (with amendments and additions). Resolution of the Government

14. of the Russian Federation of April 15, 2014 No. 328. URL: https://base.garant.ru/70643464/

15. (accessed on 16.07.2021). (In Russ.).

16. Passport of the national project “Small and medium enterprises and support for individual

17. entrepreneurial initiatives”. Approved by the Presidium of the Council under the President of

18. the Russian Federation for Strategic Development and National Projects (Minutes No. 16 of

19. December 24, 2018). URL: https://base.garant.ru/72185938/ (accessed on 16.07.2021).

20. (In Russ.).

21. Romanets I.I., Sheludko E.B. Problems of development of entrepreneurship in the modern economy of Russia. Elektronnyi setevoi politematicheskii zhurnal “Nauchnye trudy KubGTU” = Scientific

22. Works of the Kuban State Technological University. 2018;(8):145-151. URL: https://ntk.kubstu.

23. ru/data/mc/0056/2298.pdf (accessed on 16.07.2021). (In Russ.).

24. Bykovskaya Yu.V., Ivanova L.N., Safokhina E.A. Small and medium sized business in modern

25. Russia: The state, problems and directions of development. Vestnik Evraziiskoi nauki = The

26. Eurasian Scientific Journal. 2018;(5):6. (In Russ.).

27. Small and medium business in Russia. 2019: Stat. coll. Moscow: Rosstat; 2019. 87 p. (In Russ.).

28. Burgonov O.V., Golubetskaya N.P., Kurlov A.V. Directions of structural changes in the management system of innovative companies based on digital technologies. In: Babkin A.V., ed. Clustering

29. of the digital economy: Theory and practice. St. Petersburg: Politekh-press; 2020:519-545.

30. (In Russ.).

31. Map of accelerators and business incubators of the Russian Federation. Association of Accelerators

32. and Business Incubators of Russia. URL: http://www.oneup.ru/analytics/innomap (accessed on

33. 07.2021). (In Russ.).

34. Strategy for the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the Russian Federation for

35. the period up to 2030. Approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated

36. June 2, 2016 No. 1083-r. URL: http://static.government.ru/media/files/jFDd9wbAbApxgEiHNaXHveytq7hfPO96.pdf (accessed on 17.07.2021). (In Russ.).

37. Report on the results of the II stage of the control measure “Checking the effectiveness of the

38. activities of the joint-stock company” Federal Corporation for the Development of Small and

39. Medium-Sized Businesses” as an institution for the development of small and medium-sized businesses, including the implementation of tasks and the achievement of results of the national

40. project “Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and Support of individual entrepreneurial initiative”.

41. Approved by the Board of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation on February 26, 2021.

42. URL: https://ach.gov.ru/upload/iblock/7a1/smjjwo88mnis7dsqit49cg1omzgnmq5d.pdf (accessed

43. on 17.07.2021). (In Russ.).

44. Development of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia. April 2019. SberDannye. URL:

45. https://www.sberbank.ru/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/analytics/s_m_business_dev.pdf (accessed on 17.07.2021). (In Russ.).

46. Zaslavskaya T.I. The business layer of Russian society: Essence, structure, status. Ob shchestvennye

47. nauki i sovremennost’ = Social Sciences and Contemporary World. 2001;(1):21-54. (In Russ.).