Goluch N. Adaptive development strategies of small businesses in the food industry in a decentralized environment

The thesis deals with the research, analysis, substantiation of theoretical and methodical provisions, definition and development of scientific and methodological approaches, and practical recommendations on the rational implementation of adaptive development strategies of small food business enterprises in the conditions of decentralization. The scientific generalization of the principles of adaptive development strategies formation is carried out and new types of management strategies in the process of adaptive changes are determined. The thesis examines scientific approaches to the definition of "small business", which focuses on the implementation of entrepreneurial activity, formed and developed based on business ideas proposed by the entrepreneur within the established legal standards of the state. The evolution of small business development in Ukraine is characterized, based on which the normative-legal support of the formation of this sector of the economy is analyzed. The main measures to support small businesses in the stages of exit from the COVID-19 pandemic are outlined, highlighting the main stabilizing areas of development of small businesses and identifying the features of their functioning in the market, adapted to new conditions