Development of family entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation: qualification and classification problems of institutionalisation

One of the most important areas for improving the structure and increasing the sustainability of the Russian economy is the support of small and medium-sized businesses, in which the potential of family entrepreneurship remains significantly underestimated. The purpose of the article is to identify and describe the qualification and classification features of the correct definition of a family business in the economic and legal sphere in order to improve the efficiency of the development and implementation of government measures of targeted support for family entrepreneurship in Russia. Within the framework of a systematic approach to the study of the state and prospects of the organization of a family enterprise in the Russian economy, both general scientific methods of generalization and systematization, as well as special methods of logical and comparative analysis, classification and visualization of qualitative information were used. The role of family entrepreneurship in strengthening Russia’s economic sovereignty is outlined. A conceptual approach to substantiating the composition of qualification and classification criteria for building a family business is proposed. A possible visualization scheme for the typology of family enterprises is presented. Improving approaches to classifying family business entities will ensure the development of well-founded and differentiated measures of targeted state support for family businesses, assessed based on the totality of characteristics of their structure, profile, and location.

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