Sektor malogo i srednego predprinimatel'stva yavlyaetsya fundamental'nym i neobkhodimym elementom vsey sotsial'no-ekonomicheskoy sistemy strany. V usloviyakh krizisnykh tendentsiy i strukturnoy perestroyki khozyaystvennykh otnosheniy ustoychivoe funktsionirovanie malykh i srednikh predpriyatiy yavlyaetsya prioritetnoy zadachey kak na regional'nom urovne, tak i na urovne vsey strany v tselom. V sovremennykh usloviyakh metodiki, ispol'zuyushchiesya dlya otsenki ekonomicheskoy ustoychivosti predpriyatiy, ne vsegda uchityvayut strategicheskie, predprinimatel'skie i organizatsionnye osobennosti funktsionirovaniya malykh i srednikh predprinimatel'skikh struktur, chto trebuet razrabotki metodicheskogo soprovozhdeniya upravlencheskikh resheniy, otrazhayushchego spetsifiku protsessa obespecheniya ustoychivosti razvitiya malykh i srednikh predprinimatel'skikh struktur.