Forms and methods of state regulation and support of small business in Russia and abroad
The article considers the main methods of influence of state tools on small business, substantiates the directions of state regulation of small business in the country and abroad, taking into account globalization processes. In international practice, support provided by state and municipal authorities to small businesses acts as a form of compensation for the vulnerability and objective limitations of this sector compared to large businesses. Under these conditions, the state must create economic and legal conditions and prerequisites that contribute to their survival, growth and the ability to function independently in competitive market conditions. The experience of developed countries shows that state support is expediently and logically carried out through specialized bodies specially created for this purpose, which have sufficient resources and powers. They constitute the state infrastructure for supporting small businesses, which consists of commercial and non-commercial structures with or without state participation. Their functioning is carried out with the support of the state. A generalization of the experience of developed countries in the formation of state policy to promote the development of small business leads to the conclusion that there is an increase in the role of a decentralized approach based on indirect channels of interaction between the small business sector and the state. Thus, state support for small and medium-sized businesses is carried out in priority areas: regulatory (making the legislative framework more transparent and effectively applied in practice), financial and other, and for the effective development of the support system, it is necessary to implement a set of technical, financial and credit, information and organizational and managerial mechanisms.