Scientific Journal of KubSAU

In this article we have performed a dynamic analysis of the system development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from the perspective of the study of sustainability of this system, the transition from one state of sustainable development to another in the context of the cycle phases of the system development of SMEs. The development cycle of the SME system is a set of successive stages: post-crisis, including phase reactions to the crisis and the birth of a new cycle of development; growth; pre-crisis. Dynamic analysis allowed the authors to allocate for each stage of system development SME time lag its onset and duration. Research of a sustainable development of system of SMEs is performed on the following groups of indicators: quantitative (number of the entities, number of workers, amount/turnover of products, investment), high-quality (percent of SMEs working in system to total number occupied in economy, a share of amount/turnover of products of SMEs in the GRP of the Russian Federation, specific weight of the profitable entities in total number of the entities, a labor productivity) and performance indicators (profitability of products, receipt in the budget). The analysis results confirmed opinion of authors on different reaction of small enterprises and medium scale enterprises on crisis conditions which are expressed in fast reaction of the first and inertial – the second. Dynamic analysis allowed revealing the features of the development of individual small and medium enterprises and their systems that may be used as the basis for predicting further development of SMEs in Russia