ANALYSIS OF CONDITIONS AND FEATURES OFDEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN MANUFACTURING
The timeliness of the study is determined by the importance of the identifying reserves problem in the develop- ment of small and medium-sized enterprises in manufacturing industries, searching for approaches to realizing the potential of such size groups of enterprises in enhancing industry diversification and innovation processes. The purpose of the research is to conduct investigation of the state of small and medium-sized enterprises in manufac- turing, conditions and peculiarities of their development, taking into account regional heterogeneity. The study is based on the calculation of descriptive statistics, procedures for exploratory data analysis, as well as statistical methods for multivariate classification and reduction of the dimension of problems. As a result external and inter- nal factors that have a significant impact on the development of various categories of enterprises in manufacturing are shown and international comparisons are made with economically developed countries. Particular attention is paid to the state of the fixed assets of small and medium-sized enterprises of manufacturing industries taking into account their species composition and the problems of statistical supervision improvement in this area. Clusters of Russian regions were distinguished differing by the level of development of small and medium-sized enterprises in manufacturing, the contribution of these enterprises to the regional economy and the features of the regional segments obtained were analyzed. The research results are aimed at the development of analytical information that facilitates the adaptation of measures to support small and medium-sized enterprises in manufacturing to regional specific features giving them a targeting.