20.500.12556/DKUM-80801 Analysis of Selected Aspects of Entrepreneurship Support on the Level of European Union Analiza Izbranih Vidikov Podpore Podjetnikov na Ravni Evropske Unije Entrepreneurial activity contributes various benefits to a country, one of the most impactful gains being the growth of GDP. Because of that, it is important for policymakers to put in place policies, which encourage and foster entrepreneurial activity- both on a national as well as international level. On an international level, the EU plays a major role in supporting entrepreneurial activity in Europe. For that purpose, the EU institutions are enforcing entrepreneurship-related policies and are establishing programs and funds, which benefit European enterprises. Special emphasis is placed on supporting the entrepreneurial activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which are the backbone of the economy. SMEs represent more than 99% of all enterprises in a country, and they create two out of three jobs. Because of their importance, the EU strives to provide a suitable environment and support for them to grow and exist in the long run. EU member countries exploit the offered support to different extents, which means that the EU support affects European companies and member countries in different ways. In this thesis, we explored the role of the EU in connection to entrepreneurial support and activity. Based on our research, we found very noticeable differences between more and less developed EU countries in terms of the amount of exploited EU support. We discovered that most of the time, more developed EU countries tend to exploit EU entrepreneurial support to a bigger extent, than less developed countries do. That is because less developed countries often lack the ability to set up suitable programs that could qualify for EU funding. We also discovered that less developed countries tend to have higher levels of early-stage entrepreneurial activity than more developed countries do. We have found that this is because citizens in these countries often create their businesses out of necessity, not so much because they perceived a good business opportunity. In less developed countries, where the economical state of the country is less stable and there is a lack of available job offers, citizens are pushed to entrepreneurship out of necessity in order to survive. Related to that, we also discovered that less developed countries dedicate more of their EU funds to SMEs than more developed countries do. But as they lack the proper entrepreneurial ecosystem, these enterprises often fail. Because of that, as it most often occurs out of necessity, high levels of entrepreneurial activity in a less developed country do not quite indicate a well-established national entrepreneurial system. Finally, based on all the data we collected and analyzed in this thesis we have found that entrepreneurial support offered by the EU has been increasing over the years. That is because in the last decades there has been a big increase in the number of programs and funds being established, which focus specifically on SMEs. The same can be seen with the number of entrepreneurial policies being enforced by the EU, as entrepreneurship became one of the main EU priorities. Podjetniška dejavnost državi prinaša različne koristi. Eden najbolj pomembnih vplivov, ki jih ima je rast BDP, kar pomeni da pomembno vpliva na gospodarski razvoj države. Zaradi tega je ključno, da oblikovalci politik sprejemajo zakone, ki spodbujajo in pospešujejo podjetniške dejavnosti- tako na nacionalni kot mednarodni ravni. V Evropi ima na mednarodni ravni EU pomembno vlogo pri podpiranju podjetniških dejavnosti. V ta namen institucije EU uveljavljajo politike, povezane s podjetništvom, in vzpostavljajo programe in sklade, ki koristijo evropskim podjetjem. Pri podpiranju podjetniške aktivnosti je poseben poudarek na podpiranju malih in srednje velikih podjetij (MSP). Ta podjetja pravimo, da so sama hrbtenico gospodarstva, saj predstavljajo več kot 99% vseh podjetij v Evropi. MSP prav tako zaposlujejo dve od treh delovno aktivnih prebivalcev v gospodarstvu in ustvarjajo precejšnji delež prihodkov vseh podjetij. Zaradi svojega pomena si EU tem podjetjem prizadeva zagotoviti primerno okolje in jim pomagati pri rasti v uveljavljena podjetja. Države članice EU v različnih merah izkoriščajo podporo, ki jo ponuja EU, kar pomeni, da ta podpora na različne načine vpliva na evropska podjetja. V našem delu smo raziskali vlogo EU v povezavi s podjetniško podporo in dejavnostjo. Poskušali smo preučiti vpliv EU na podjetništvo v državah članicah, glede na to v kolikšni meri te države članice izkoriščajo ponujeno podporo. Na podlagi naše raziskave smo prišli do zaključka, da bolj razvite države EU izkoriščajo ponujeno podjetniško podporo EU v večji meri kot manj razvite države. Do tega zaključka smo prišli po tem, ko smo primerjali v kolikšni meri izkorišča ta sredstva vsaka od evropskih držav. Ugotovili smo tudi, da imajo manj razvite države običajno višjo stopnjo zgodnje podjetniške dejavnosti kot jo imajo razvitejše države. Razlog za to je vsaj deloma določena motivacija evropskih državljanov, za ustanovitev lastnega podjetja- potreba po preživetju. Namreč, v manj razvitih državah je ekonomsko stanje pogosto nestabilno, zaradi česar v državah primanjkuje ponudb za zaposlitev. Če želijo državljani preživeti, si morajo sami najti način kako priti do zaslužka- in v veliko primerov to pomeni, da si ustanovijo svoje lastno podjetje. Kot zadnje pa smo v delu potrdili, da se podjetniška podpora EU z leti povečuje. Namreč, v zadnjem desetletju se bolj kot kadarkoli prej vzpostavljajo programi in skladi, ki se osredotočajo zlasti na mala in srednje velika podjetja. Prav tako pa je postalo podjetništvo ena izmed glavnih evropskih prioritet, zaradi česar je EU začela uveljavljati vedno več podjetniških politik. entrepreneurial support entrepreneurship activity EU funding access to finance economic development podjetniška podpora podjetniška dejavnost financiranje EU dostop do financiranja gospodarski razvoj true true false M. 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