The role of risk-taking and competitive aggressiveness in management of SMEs

• Autorzy: Kljucnikov A. , Belas J. , Smrcka L.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17512/pjms.2016.14.1.12

Warianty tytułu

PL

Znaczenie podejmowania ryzyka i agresywnej konkurencji w zarządzaniu MŚP

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Risk-taking and competitive aggressiveness, substantial elements of the entrepreneurial orientation of SMEs, have a significant impact on the management of SMEs. The aim of this contribution is to define the importance of these elements and to quantify the differences between entrepreneurs in terms of entrepreneur’s gender and education, and company’s age and size. Our research conducted in 2015 in the Czech Republic revealed some significant specifics within the relationships among gender, risk and competitive aggressiveness in the field of SMEs. Statistically significant differences between the designated social groups were compared through Pearson statistics at the significance level of 5%. According to our results since male and higher educated managers more intensively incline to initiative, to the realization of riskier projects and to aggressiveness against competitors, management of the entrepreneurially oriented companies should include these type of team members in order to formulate riskier and more competitively aggressive strategies. Companies which operate on the market for more than 10 years have a positive attitude and the “need” of risk and aggressive behaviour towards its competitors.

PL

Podejmowanie ryzyka i agresywna konkurencja, stanowią bardzo istotne elementy działalności małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw, mające znaczący wpływ na ich zarządzanie. Celem tego artykułu jest podjęcie próby określenia znaczenia tych elementów oraz wyznaczenie różnic między przedsiębiorcami w zakresie płci przedsiębiorcy, w Czechach. Badanie wykazało istotne różnice w ramach relacji pomiędzy płcią, ryzykiem i agresywną konkurencją w obszarze MŚP. Statystycznie istotne różnice między wyznaczonymi grupami społecznymi zostały porównane przy wykorzystaniu współczynnika korelacji Pearsona na poziomie istotności 5%. Wyniki badań w sposób jednoznaczny pokazują, ze istnieje potrzeba stosowania ryzykownych i agresywnych strategii wobec firm konkurencyjnych.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

risk taking; aggressiveness; management; SMEs; entrepreneurial orientation

PL

podejmowanie ryzyka; agresywność; zarządzanie; MŚP; orientacja przedsiębiorcza

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 14, No. 1
• Strony: 129--139
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 26 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kljucnikov A.

• Faculty of Economics and Entrepreneurship, Pan-European University, Tomášikova 20, 821 02 Bratislava, Slovakia

autor

Belas J.

• Department of Enterprise Economics, Faculty of Management and Economics Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Mostni 5139, 76001 Zlin, Czech Republic

autor

Smrcka L.

• University of Economics Prague, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Strategy, nám. W. Churchilla 4, Prague, 130 67, Czech Republic

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Uwagi

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017).