Small and medium entrepreneurship in advanced economies. Main tendencies of the development

In the article a detailed analysis of the small and medium entrepreneurship in the world economy is conducted. The objective reasons for the growth of the small and medium enterprises in the postindustrial society and the influence it realizes on the improvement of the competitiveness of the advanced economies are shown. On the basis of the vast statistical material is proved, that, as a rule, in the countries of the high socio-economic development the small entrepreneurship is effectively stimulated by the public structures. In the article the role of some methods of financial support for small and medium enterprises by the example of the certain countries is studied in details. Special attention is paid to the financial support of the small enterprises in New Zealand since it is the country that has been ranked first for a number of years in the “Doing Business†rating. Special attention in the article is paid to the US experience, because just this country for the researchers as well as for the practitioners is a role model in the field of the small entrepreneurship support. Special place is given to the analysis of the SBA (Small Business Administration) activity – organization, playing a key role in the functioning of small business in USA. In the article on the basis of the information presented the conclusions are made what methods of the small business stimulation could be realized in the Russian society.