Factors in the development of small businesses in the region (on the example of the Amur region)

The purpose of the article is to group and substantiate the factors of develop-ment of small businesses at the regional level (using the example of the Amur Region). In the author's classification of factors for the development of small business, groups of internal and external factors are distinguished, including factors of the micro- and macroenvironment. The influence of macro-environment factors on the development of small business in the Amur Region is analyzed.