Stimulation of the development of the U.S. Small Business
Creating an own model of small business participation in innovation processes in Russia assumes comprehensive study of success story – similar activities in the United States as a country being an absolute leader in innovation. Stimulating the development of innovative small business in the U.S. is a part of the National Innovation System. Understanding that the National Innovation System should become the core of the social and economic development of the USA came in the first half of the 70's of the last century. It was the result of global fuel and energy crisis, which, on the one hand, was a long-term trend, involving extremely painful phenomena in economics and finance, and on the other hand, caused a new wave of technological revolution, and thus brought the world to an entirely new trend of post-industrial development. The key point in the U.S. National Innovation System is creating a favorable environment and incentives for innovation developers. Stimulating innovation activities of small businesses in the United States includes special laws and regulations, tax incentives, significant grants and subsidies, as well as organizational and information support. The essential difference of small business support in Russia in contrast to the United States is very low demand for innovation in the domestic economy and the social sphere. Efforts should be made to utilize the American experience in Russia as much as possible to foster demand for innovation and implement related measures.