On the beginning of changes in technological and economic structure of society and problems of sustainable growth of small and medium-sized businesses

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, European Business School, Kaliningrad Region, Sovetsky Prospect, 1, 236022 Kaliningrad, Russian Federation

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Abstract

The article’s subject is the changes in the technological structure of Russian society and the trends affecting the transformation of its economic structure in the context of increasing industrial development and digitalization of the state economy. The paper considers the relationships between labor productivity, economic growth, innovation, human capital, and the advantages of developed countries and big business in the specified period. One of the most important performance indicators of small and medium-sized businesses and at the same time a potential factor of their economic growth is highlighted — a change in the pattern of doing business in C2B, C2C, C2G (C2B — consumer to business, commercial activity be-tween clients and companies; C2C — consumer to consumer, commercial activity between clients (self-employed citizens); C2G — consumer to gov-ernment, commercial activity between self-employed citizens and government customers). Internal and external changes in the economic structure of the society that limit the growth of small and medium-sized businesses are noted. The article provides comparative data on labor productivity in Russia and the world, trends in expected growth and facts of the negative impact of restrictive coronavirus measures on the country economy. The article will be useful for representatives of small and medium-sized businesses, students and graduate students who are interested in the possibility of increasing productivity, attracting investment and impact of scientific and technical and intellectual resources on the economic growth of enterprises.