Received: 2021-03-15  |  Accepted: 2021-08-08  |  Published: 2021-09-30

Title

Business environment analysis based on the Doing Business: case study Slovakia


Abstract

Business activity is logically influenced by a certain environment in which it takes place. We call this the business environment. It consists of conditions in a specific country, respectively. specific location. Today, we can also talk about the global business environment. The business environment consists of all entities in the vicinity of the company, which directly or indirectly affect it and interfere with its activities. Every business or person doing business operates in a specific business environment. The business environment should create the conditions for entrepreneurs to pay them start-ups and existing ones to thrive in business, while being able to offer vacancies. Based on the Doing business indicator in this paper, we analyze the development of the business environment in the Slovak Republic for the period 2009 to 2020. The data were used in an international database available online within the data provided by the World Bank. The aim of this paper is to point out the development and analyze the reasons for development trends in the Slovak Republic.


Keywords

business environment, doing business, Slovak Republic


JEL classifications

E22 , F21 , F43


URI

http://jssidoi.org/ird/article/75


DOI


HAL


Pages

56-65


Funding

This paper is the output of an international project of the Grant Agency Academia aurea no. GA_10_5 / 2020 entitled "International business environment - a concept determining current changes and megatrends of future development (with emphasis on quantification phenomena and the response of companies)" and IGA no. 1/2020 "International business environment - determinant of current trends" (Funder: VSEMvs IGA VSEMvs, i.e. School of Economics and Management in Public Administration, Slovak Republic)

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Authors

Fabuš, Michal
School of Economics and Management of Public Administration in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia http://www.vsemvs.sk
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Dudáš, Tomáš
Pan-European University, Bratislava, Slovakia https://www.paneurouni.com
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Cihelková, Eva
Pan-European University, Bratislava, Slovakia https://www.paneurouni.com
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Journal title

Insights into Regional Development

Volume

3


Number

3


Issue date

September 2021


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

Cited

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