PUBLIC AND LEGAL MEANS OF STATE SUPPORT FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES
The paper deals with the theoretical and methodological basis of the concept of social enterprise as a legal model of meeting innovation, information and economic needs of citizens in the social sphere, the theory of property needs and civil means of satisfying them. The model is put forward by a renowned academic Professor N.A. Barinov. The author analyzes the forms and means of state support for social enterprises of small and medium businesses. Special attention is paid to public and legal means of state support to small and medium-sized businesses, criteria for differentiating small and mediumsized businesses. It is concluded that changes in the existing legislation are necessary.