TRENDS OF THE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION

Abstract

The purpose. Analysis of the activities of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Ivano-Frankivsk region and the study of their development trends. Methods. To achieve the goal, a wide range of general scientific and special methods of analysis and synthesis, economic and logical methods of comparison, grouping, graphic method and others were used. The results. The structure of small and medium-sized business entities by region of Ukraine was studied. The predominance of the number of small enterprises compared to the average in all regions was determined, which is explained by the ease of registering business activities, a simplified taxation system, and less dependence of small enterprises on attracting long-term and significant amounts of financial resources. It is shown that the number of small enterprises in all regions of Ukraine varies between 93-96.5%, and the number of medium-sized enterprises is between 3 and 7%. An analysis of the activity of small and medium-sized business entities in the Ivano-Frankivsk region was conducted, which showed that there was a decrease in the number of employed workers at small and medium-sized business enterprises. Labor costs and volumes of products sold by enterprises of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, which had a steady trend of growth among small and medium-sized enterprises, were also analyzed. On the basis of the conducted analysis, the directions of the economic recovery of the Ivano-Frankivsk region with regard to the activation of small and medium-sized businesses, which will contribute to the improvement of the business climate, the attraction of investment resources and the establishment of competitive economic activity in the region, are substantiated. Scientific novelty. A scientific-methodological approach to assessing the state of small and medium-sized business entities is proposed. The practical significance. The results of the research consist in the possibility of practical use of the mentioned approach for evaluating the activity of small and medium-sized enterprises of Ukraine and recommendations for their development.