The influence of SME owners' education on their perception of business environment in Czech Republic

Virglerová, Zuzana; Dobeš, Kamil; Kramoliš, Jan; Kotásková, Anna

dc.title	The influence of SME owners' education on their perception of business environment in Czech Republic	en
dc.contributor.author	Virglerová, Zuzana
dc.contributor.author	Dobeš, Kamil
dc.contributor.author	Kramoliš, Jan
dc.contributor.author	Kotásková, Anna
dc.relation.ispartof	Economics and Sociology
dc.identifier.issn	2071-789X Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR
dc.date.issued	2017
utb.relation.volume	10
utb.relation.issue	3
dc.citation.spage	321
dc.citation.epage	332
dc.type	article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Centre of Sociological Research
dc.identifier.doi	10.14254/2071-789X.2017/10-3/22
dc.relation.uri	http://www.economics-sociology.eu/?534,en_the-influence-of-sme-owners%E2%80%98s-education-on-their-perception-of-business-environment-in-czech-republic
dc.relation.uri	https://search.proquest.com/docview/1954864195?pq-origsite=gscholar
dc.subject	business environment	en
dc.subject	small and medium-sized enterprises	en
dc.subject	state	en
dc.subject	education	en
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this article is to find out how SME owners in Czech Republic perceive the role of the state and whether this perception differs according to their level of education. In the course of this project managers or owners of small and medium enterprises were asked to answer the questions about business environment. The following three variables influencing business environment had been chosen: conditions for starting a business, state financial support for business, improving conditions for business in a longer-term pespective. For each of the answers, ordinal mean values were searched for, and discrete ordinal variances were calculated. In order to test for the dependencies, Pearson's Chi-squared test was applied. It was found that the lower education the businesspersons have, the higher is their satisfaction with the role of the state in the business environment of Czech Republic. Better-educated businesspersons are more aware of administrative obstructions when starting a business. Majority of SMEs were not satisfied with the financial support for businesses provided the state.	en
utb.faculty	Faculty of Management and Economics
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10563/1007660
utb.identifier.obdid	43876621
utb.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-85038892029
utb.identifier.wok	000416103600022
utb.source	j-wok
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-15T16:31:37Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-15T16:31:37Z
dc.description.sponsorship	Project RO FaME: Podnikatel'ske prostredie MSP: determinanty kvality a podnikatel'ske rizika
dc.rights	Attribution 3.0 Unported
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.rights.access	openAccess
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Virglerová, Zuzana
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Dobeš, Kamil
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Kramoliš, Jan
utb.fulltext.affiliation	Zuzana Virglerova, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Zlin, Czech Republic, E-mail: virglerova@fame.utb.cz Kamil Dobes, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Zlin, Czech Republic, E-mail: dobes@fame.utb.cz Jan Kramolis, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Zlin, Czech Republic, E-mail: kramolis@fame.utb.cz Anna Kotaskova, Paneuropean University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia, E-mail: anna.kotaskova@gmail.com
utb.fulltext.dates	Received: February, 2017 1st Revision: May, 2017 Accepted: July, 2017
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utb.fulltext.sponsorship	This paper was supported by the Project RO FaME/2016: Podnikateľské prostredie MSP: determinanty kvality a podnikateľské riziká.
utb.wos.affiliation	[Virglerova, Z.; Dobes, K.; Kramolis, J.] Tomas Bata Univ Zlin, Zlin, Czech Republic; [Kotaskova, A.] Paneuropean Univ Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
utb.scopus.affiliation	Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Zlin, Czech Republic; Paneuropean University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
utb.fulltext.projects	RO FaME/2016