Vol. 11, No 2, 2012, pp. 149 - 164
UDC 334.722-053.81(497.11)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE: A STUDY OF POTENTIAL ENTREPRENEURS IN SERBIA
Milan Stamatović1, Nebojša Zakić2, Zoran Marković3, Ljubiša Stamatović4
1Faculty of Management, Metropolitan University, Belgrade, Serbia
Email: info@metropolitan.edu.rs
2Faculty of Entrepreneurial Business, "University Union – Nikola Tesla", Belgrade, Serbia
3Faculty of Management, Novi Sad, Serbia
4Government Office for Regulatory Reform and Regulatory Impact Assessment, Belgrade, Serbia
Entrepreneurship, as an important segment of sustainable development of the economic system, becomes the main element of reducing the unemployment rate in Serbia. During its short development, important results have been achieved. For example, in Serbia there are over 90,000 firms which provide the key contribution to employment. However, all of these starting results, in comparison to the transition needs of the economy and the large scale of unemployment, can be treated as initial and quite modest. Especially young people and business beginners are faced with insurmountable problems and obstacles when starting their own business. This paper examines the orientation of young people towards entrepreneurship under the conditions of a very unfavorable economic environment and economic crisis.
Key words: Entrepreneurship, small business, self-employment, young people, Serbia JEL Classification: L26, J10.
PREDUZETNIŠTVO I SAMOZAPOŠLJAVANJE MLADIH LJUDI: STUDIJA SAMOZAPOŠLJAVANJA U SRBIJI
Preduzetništvo, kao važan segment održivog razvoja ekonomskog sistema, postalo je osnovni faktor smanjivanja stope nezaposlenosti u Srbiji. Tokom svog kratkog perioda razvoja postiglo je značajne rezultate. Recimo, u Srbiji, postoji oko 90 000 preduzeća koja daju svoj ključni doprinos zapošljavanju. Međutim, svi ovi početni rezultati, u poređenju sa tranzicionim potrebama privrede i visokom stopom nezaposlenosti, mogu se smatrati samo početnim uspesima i prilično skromnim rezultatom. Posebno se mladi, kao i početnici u biznisu, suočavaju sa nepremostivim problemima i preprekama prilikom otvaranja svog biznisa. Ovaj rad ispituje orijentisanost mladih ka preduzetništvu u uslovima izuzetno nepovoljne privredne sredine i ekonomske krize.
Ključne reči: preduzetništvo, mala preduzeća, samozapošljavanje, mladi, JEL klasifikacija za Srbiju: L26, J10.
