Promoting entrepreneurship on the part of municipalities

Abstract

he main aim of this article is to propose a system of effective business support tools at the region and municipality level, which will be fully accepted by the business sphere of small and medium sized enterprises group. To secure sufficient extent of services in community and to support employment of residents is one of the main tasks of municipalities. Private businesses, mainly SME, look for comparative advantage by taking advantage of offered support in business in given communities and regions. The range of offered supports is limited and unevenly taken advantage of. Representatives of the small and medium-sized enterprises (owners or senior managers) were asked eight questions. Altogether was reached about 400 companies, of which 268 have indicated their willingness to fill out the presented questionnaire. The research confirmed that the SME entrepreneursnoticeably differ between offered supports. It was determined that the most used are the possibilities to contract smaller commissions to local contractors and using the favorable lease in the communal buildings. On the other hand, serviceability of some encouragements is not attractive enough for SME. For example, the help with promotion of business and its products or assistance services offering intermediation in collaboration with academic area while applying results V+V. Interesting outcome of questionnaire research was that contractors would welcome a better communication with the representatives of the municipalities. Part of the contractors are also unwilling to do business outside their place of residence. © 2017, Academy of Economic Studies from Bucharest. All rights reserved.