Discriminant analysis of municipalities in the arctic territories of the Komi Republic on the presence of barriers to conducting business activities

The article presents a methodological approach to identifying differences in the assessment of administrative and economic barriers between municipalities of the Komi Republic. It is focused on the development of measures to support entrepreneurship at the mesolevel and to reduce existing barriers. The approach is based on the discriminant analysis of municipalities and operating in their territories enterprises in the context of their fields of activity. At the same time, special attention is paid to the Arctic zone. Based on the identified through the discriminant analysis barriers that contribute most to the differences in the estimates between the municipalities, a comparative analysis of municipal formations was carried out; the most typical barriers for enterprises of different spheres and scale of activities, and the peculiarities of the estimates of barriers by the representatives of the Arctic territories were identified. According to the results of the analysis, the areas of the regional authorities’ activities for the development of competition in the municipalities of the Komi Republic are proposed. The materials of the article may be useful for specialists dealing with the problems of public management of the competitive environment in the industrial and consumer markets.