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An Analysis of SME's Attitudes to the Business Environment in the Czech Republic

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  • Kamil Dobe?

    (Tomas Bata University in Zlín)

  • Zuzana Virglerová

    (Tomas Bata University in Zlín)

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyse the business environment for SMEs in the Czech Republic and the impact of selected factors on the attitude of the business environment of surveyed entrepreneurs. The results from the research conducted at Tomas Bata University in Zlín in 2015 were used. The research involved a survey of the business environment in the Czech Republic. This article uses the questions regarding the attitude to the business environment in terms of company size and sector in which the firms are located. It was found that the business environment is relatively consistent in most of the aspects in terms of company size. In terms of each sector of the economy already showed significant differences. Especially in evaluating the state's role in creating a favourable business environment can be found significantly different attitudes across different sectors.

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  • Kamil Dobe? & Zuzana Virglerová, 2015. "An Analysis of SME's Attitudes to the Business Environment in the Czech Republic," Proceedings of International Academic Conferences 2805178, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
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    Keywords

    business environment; small and medium-sized enterprises; research;
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics

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