On the issues of methodological approaches to the study of the institutional environment of small business

The article attempts to study the methodological aspects of the study of the institutional environment. Methodological approaches to the study of the institutional environment of small business are considered. Systematic, evolutionary and synergetic approaches to the analysis of the institutional environment of the entrepreneurial sector of the national economy are systematized and described. The analysis of the theoretical foundations of institutional theory and its impact on entrepreneurial activity is carried out. The result of the study is that the analysis of the available scientific literature revealed that the accumulated scientific material has not been systematized to date and unified methodological principles and approaches to the study of the institutional environment as an independent category have not been formed. In the conclusion of the study, the author concluded that further applied developments concerning the assessment of the quality of the institutional environment, including in relation to small industrial enterprises of the national economy of the country, should be carried out on the basis of an assessment of the essential characteristics of this category.