Influence of factors of external and internal environment on the growth and development of small business
Traditionally, the Russian economy shows the predominance of large and medium-sized firms, while small enterprises and individual entrepreneurship are poorly developed in foreign countries. In this regard, the growth and development of small business and entrepreneurship can be viewed as a source of additional economic growth in Russia. Identify the factors of the external and internal environment that affect its growth and development, both short-term and long-term. To accomplish this task, first, an analysis of the state of small business and entrepreneurship was carried out on the basis of statistical data, and then, to implement the factors of the external and internal environment, an empirical analysis was carried out, which included several stages: questionnaires, search for respondents, formation of a sample and a survey, analysis of the data, construction of a linear multiple regression equation in order to assess the strength of influence on the growth potential of an entrepreneurial firm, highlighting the key barriers to small business development.