Motívy pre začatie podnikania: Prípadová štúdia z prostredia MSP

Abstract

The paper's aim is to define and quantify the most important motives for starting a business, compare differences among individual motives, respectively between positive and negative motivation of entrepreneurs depending on their gender, education and age. Research was conducted in 2015 on a sample containing 1,141 respondents, entrepreneurs in the small and medium-sized enterprises. Results of our research show that the most important incentive for starting a business is a money motive, then follow issues as business as mission, I have wanted to work, I did not have another option and other reasons. In our research, we have found that positive motives dominate for starting a business in the business environment of Czech SMEs. The results also indicate that there are significant differences among defined social groups, e.g. money motive is more important for younger entrepreneurs. The results may be interpreted that there are differences in entrepreneurial motives depending on the age and education of entrepreneurs. On the other hand we have found that gender does not affect the intensity of entrepreneurial motives.