Current economic crisis adversely affects small businesses. Such influence prevents creation of new companies and increases the quantity of companies, which wind up their operations. Winding-up of small businesses is often explained by insufficient "entrepreneurship talent" of their owners. At...

Article is devoted to the continuation of the study hypotheses on the relationship between marketing and life cycle of a small business. Some results of studies of small innovative companies in the Russian Federation: Moscow and St. Petersburg, Moscow, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk,...

The article provides an overview of the structures to support small business in Russia. Particular attention is paid to issues of consultancy support to small and medium enterprises. Displaying the virtual absence of marketing support for competitiveness and customer orientation.