Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(6), 2137-2144 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563062137

Regional Entrepreneurship Culture and the Business Lifecycle: Patterns from the Moravian-Silesian Region

Jarmila ©ebestová1, Martin Klepek2, ©árka Čemerková1, Pavel Adámek1
1 Department of Business Economics and Management, School of Business Administration in Karvina, Silesian University in Opava, Univerzitní náměstí 1934/3, 733 40 Karviná, Czech Republic
2 Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, School of Business Administration in Karvina, Silesian University in Opava, Univerzitní náměstí 1934/3, 733 40 Karviná, Czech Republic

The main goal of the paper is to focus on relationship between business cycle under regional entrepreneurial culture. Many of the trends found were less than positive, although there were some new positive trends that could be identified as a source of sustainability in the area of the connection between the sector of small and medium sized enterprises and the local entrepreneurship environment as well as a source of entrepreneurial culture. Moreover, the frequency of co-operational activities with local government was investigated. Questionnaire-based research was undertaken within 194 organizations of various legal forms operating in the area of the Moravian-Silesian Region. The main factors, which had an influence on their current business stage (49.5% in the growth stage, 9.8% in stagnation, 31.96% in decline and the other 0.52% in crisis), were the locality in the region, the quality of the labour force, cooperation with local public bodies and the business relationships between suppliers. Finally, we have defined the current stage of the entrepreneurial culture as the "Sandbox".

Keywords: business culture, business stage, cooperation, entrepreneurship, Moravian-Silesian region, local government, policy layer
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This paper was supported by Moravian-Silesian Regional Authority within the Programme of Support for Science and Research in Moravian-Silesian Region 2014, [programme RRC/07/2014, reg. Nr. 14/2014].

Prepublished online: December 26, 2015; Published: January 1, 2016  Show citation

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©ebestová, J., Klepek, M., Čemerková, ©., & Adámek, P. (2015). Regional Entrepreneurship Culture and the Business Lifecycle: Patterns from the Moravian-Silesian Region. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 63(6), 2137-2144. doi: 10.11118/actaun201563062137
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