Analysis of the state of risk factors of entrepreneurial activity in small business
This article discusses issues related to the assessment of risk factors for small business entities. Considering small business, it should be noted that its functioning occurs in certain conditions that constitute in the aggregate business environment. As an integrated complex system, the business environment is subdivided into external, as a rule, independent of the entrepreneurs themselves, and internal, which is formed directly by the entrepreneurs. Accordingly, risk factors are also commonly divided into external and internal. In modern conditions, entrepreneurial activity involves a large variety of risks. The high degree of risk arises from the very nature of entrepreneurship, which is determined primarily by the innovative component. Entrepreneurial activity refers to a specific type of social behavior that is implemented in a system of market uncertainty and risk. Entrepreneurial risk is, on the one hand, a possible, probable loss of resources in the process of doing business and failure to achieve previously planned outcomes, and on the other hand, entrepreneurial risk can also manifest itself in obtaining more revenue than was planned before certain operations.