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The purpose of this article is to provide the research results of the economic external factors influencing on success of small and medium-sized enterprises in Russia. Economic factors were researched from the point of view of the subjects of environment influence. The state, institutes for business, financial institutions, business institutes, society, higher education institutions and scientific research institutes are among these subjects. In this paper we emphasized the research of the state, its state institutes giving support to small and medium business in Russia now. In this research the data of macroeconomic statistics presented by the Federal portal of small and medium business of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, and also data of information portal and electronic services of Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation were used. In the course of data processing general scientific methods of research were used: comparative analysis, graphic analysis, synthesis, group, generalization. The following results are received. Firstly, the state influences through such departments as the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, JSC “MSP Bank”, and also through Federal Tax Service. Secondly, it was found out that implementation of federal and regional support programs of SME, carried out by these departments, acts as economic factors of influence. Thirdly, it was found out that the Federal Tax Service has impact on success of small and medium-sized enterprises through tax burden, taxation rates and tax advantages. The received results will allow estimating the extent of influence of economic factors from the point of view of each subject of influence on success indicators of small and medium-sized enterprises in Russia in further researches.
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The study was performed at the expense of a grant of the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 14-18-02508).
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Barhatov, V., Belova, I. (2017). External Success Factors of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of Russia: Economic Aspect. In: Bilgin, M., Danis, H., Demir, E., Can, U. (eds) Country Experiences in Economic Development, Management and Entrepreneurship. Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46319-3_28
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