Analysis and Comparison of Economic and Financial Risk Sources in SMEs of the Visegrad Group and Serbia

Sustainability

Maria Kovacova¹  Judit Oláh²  József Popp³  Sándor Kovács³  Zoltán Lakner⁴  Zuzana Virglerova⁵ 

[1] Department of Economics, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications University of Zilina, 010 26 Zilina, Slovak Republic;Institute of Applied Informatics and Logistics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary;Institute of Sectoral Economics and Methodology, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary;Szent István University, Faculty of Food Science, 1114 Budapest, Hungary;Thomas Bata University, Centre for Applied Economic Research, Faculty of Management and Economics, 760 01 Zlin, Czech Republic;

关键词: entrepreneurs;    economic risk;    financial risk;    SMEs;    source of risk;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su11071853

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Risk management is one of the most important internal process, not only in large companies but also in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To identify the source of risk can be crucial in all companies. The primary objective of this study is to analyze and compare the economic and financial risk sources in SMEs of the V4 (Visegrad Group: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) and Serbia, in the context of the business environment of the countries analyzed. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire-based survey was carried out involving 2110 SMEs from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Serbia. The questionnaire included questions about the importance of risks and the concept of risk management in the company. To test the formulated hypotheses, the following statistical tools were used: contingency tables, a Z-value, and a general non-hierarchical log-linear model with three categorical variables and a continuous covariate. Finally, the differences among V4 countries and Serbia were identified. Serbia is more vulnerable to the financial risk sources studied than the V4 countries. The result of the research shows that insufficient profit is more hazardous compared to the other risk sources and all countries are more vulnerable in in this issue. The article concludes with a discussion and a comparison with previous international researches.

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