Small business development in the Russian Federation
With the transition to market relations in our country, small enterprises began to be created in the sectors of the national economy, and the feed industry is no exception. Entrepreneurs creating small businesses get the opportunity to fully express themselves in production and economic activities. Practice shows that small businesses respond quickly to changing market conditions. In countries with developed market economies, the share of gross domestic product received from the activities of small enterprises in some periods reaches 60%, and in the Russian Federation it is at the level of 20%. Therefore, in our country, it is necessary to create the most favorable conditions for increasing their number and effective functioning. The article reveals the advantage of small businesses in a market economy, outlines the stages of development of small businesses in the Russian Federation and provides a detailed assessment of each of them, identifies the difficulties of establishing small businesses in the country, conducts a critical analysis of various points of view on the criteria and indicators for assessing efficiency on a national scale. and for individual enterprises, recommendations are given on the indicator for assessing the efficiency of production in the whole of the Russian Federation and at individual enterprises.