Cooperation in small business as a tool for economic development of the region

The study is devoted to the study of the features of cooperation in small business as a tool for economic development of the region. The study revealed that in the presence of a large number of measures to improve the efficiency of regional development, promoting entrepreneurial activity is one of the key ones. In turn, the development of small entrepreneurship can be ensured by activating cooperation processes. It was determined that cooperation processes in entrepreneurship are a specific form of organizing economic activity, when its subjects take part in related labor processes and events. Systematization of existing scientific approaches to the study of cooperation in small business made it possible to develop an appropriate classification that combines the following types: resource approach, process approach, socially oriented approach, spatially oriented approach. Analysis of the Strategies for Socio-Economic Development of the Leading Regions of Russia (in accordance with the Final Rating of Regions 2024) showed that cooperation is indeed positioned as one of the tools for regional economic development. Recommendations are proposed to government bodies to stimulate cooperation processes in the region.