IMPACT OF THE SIZE OF ENTERPRISES IN RURAL AREAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA ON ATTITUDES TOWARDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Toso Kostadinov
"Ss. Cyril and Methodiys" University in Skopje, Institute of Animal Science, Bul. Ilinden 92-a, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
tosokostadinov@gmail.com
The aim of this paper is to investigate how the size of enterprises affects attitudes towards entrepreneurship. For this purpose a survey on 101 respondents from rural areas in the Republic of Macedonia, of which 20.8% were owners of small enterprises and 75.8% of micro enterprises, was conducted. Five sets of statements that are important for comparison of the attitudes towards entrepreneurship among small and micro enterprises were offered. 4% of the respondents were owners of medium-sized enterprises, which due to the low percentage of participation in the survey were excluded from analysis. The responses are valued at a five-degree scale from 1 ‑ irrelevant to 5 ‑ priority. The results of this research indicate that the size of enterprises in rural areas positively affect attitudes towards entrepreneurship. Generally speaking, respondents from small businesses in rural areas have more positive attitudes towards entrepreneurship, than those in micro enterprises.
Keywords: entrepreneurship; enterprise; micro enterprise; small enterprise; attitudes towards entrepreneurship
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