Small Business in Ukraine: the Role, condition and Development Perspective in the Period of Socio-Economic Shocks

The role of small and medium enterprises is determined, the state and trends of their development in Ukraine are researched. The general and financial problems that hinder the development of small business in the period of crisis phenomena and socio-economic shocks are outlined. The methods of state regulation and stimulation of development of small enterprises in Ukraine are offered. The experience of EU policy on small and medium-sized enterprises is analyzed, the basis of which is the Small Business Act, the basic postulates of which need to be used in Ukrainian realities for the development of small business, the potential of which is undoubted.