Ivasyuk R.Ya.Nizhniy Novgorod State University named after N.I. Lobachevskiy ;
Nowadays development of micro-entrepreneurship is heavily emphasized at all levels of power. Micro-entrepreneurship in near-term outlook is to become a lever in creating a new model of organization of Russian industry. Examination and analysis of condition and development of micro-entrepreneurship in modern conditions supposes in the first turn consideration of criteria of rating of enterprises to small-scale ones. In Europe, North America and the RF these criteria are quite different but are united by general base: form of ownership, turnover volume, number of employed, volume of goods manufactured, gain from realization of goods manufactured and services rendered etc. Nowadays all over the world there is not a single approach allowing referring enterprises to small- or average-scale ones. Some states apply the whole range of criteria as a whole, others apply only its components.