Growing and declining enterprises: Russian regional information

Abstract

Objective. To evaluate the values of indicators describing the specific weights of growing and declining enterprises in the total number of active enterprises in Russia in 2020, as well as the number of growing enterprises and declining enterprises per thousand people living in each of the Russian regions. Methodology. The methodology is based on the models, which are density functions of normal distribution. Results. The research proved  that growing and fading enterprises are relatively rare among commercial organizations, and there was a significant differentiation through the regions of the discussed indicators. The regions with the maximum and minimum values of indicators are given. Conclusions. The paper adds new knowledge about growing and declining enterprises in Russia. The work results can be applied by governments and public organizations when justifying measures to support enterprises characterized by an increase in the number of employees