Small Businesses in Russia

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 462.

C)Act out the interviews that might have taken place during the survey.

B)Write down the questions that might have been asked during the survey by the sociological service.

Ex. 7. a) Supply the prepositions where necessary.

Russia now has more than 900,000 enterprises, their number J having increased ... 5% in 1995. According ... the State Committee for Statistics, small businesses accounted, in the first quarter of 1995, ...1 around 10% of the gross domestic product and their profits amounted ... 20% of all enterprises. Small businesses employ 12% of the economy's work-force, or 8.1 million full-timers.

The Cassandra sociological service carried out a survey about the prospects of small businesses in Russia. ... the opinion of 70% of businessmen questioned ... the Cassandra sociological service, Russia's small business will develop ... moderate rates ... this year; only 13% j hope ... faster development. This skepticism is due above all ... the negative assessment of the country's financial condition given ... 71%] of the respondents ... regard ... the development of small business. Only 1% of the respondents said these conditions were favorable, while 28% said they were satisfactory. In the opinion of 70% of the respondents, budgetary allocations to promote small business are not used effectively. There's no use hoping for any significant improvement... financial backing for small business... this year, 59% of the respondents believe.

The businessmen also pointed ... the inadequate role of banks.] Forty-five per cent of the respondents believe credit institutions will participate financially in small business projects in 1996, while 31% believe their participation will not be active enough.

Based on: European Businessman.