Typology of regional public procurement markets for SMEs: an approach based on combined clustering
Journal: Russian Journal of Economics and Law
Year: 2026

Objective : to cluster Russian regions based on two independent typologies (by the nature of SME participation in public procurement and by the macroeconomic profile) in order to identify regional heterogeneity and substantiate the need for a differentiated SME support policy. Methods : to typologize regions by indicators of SME participation in procurement, we used the rule-based clustering and an upgraded version of agglomerative clustering, similar to CHAMELEON . The clustering according to m