DEBATABLE CRITERIA OF CLASSIFYING ENTERPRISES AS SMALL BUSINESSES 

Mikhaylova Olga Petrovna, Candidate of economic sciences, associate professor, sub-department of marketing and commerce, Orenburg State University, mihailova78@mail.ru

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In this article it is considered the origin of the term «small-scale business», it is differentiated standards of ratings in small-scale business in developed countries and it is discussed a lot the questions of ownership of Russian enterprises to the small business.

small-scale business, small-scale enterprise, criteria, quantity, authorized capital stock, receipts, public policy