Potential attitudes towards entrepreneurial activity: who wants to become an entrepreneur?

Abstract

This article examines some of the issues affecting the formation of the entrepreneurial community. The authors consider the creation of favorable conditions for smart, well-educated and promising citizens with an entrepreneurial spirit to want to build their own business as a promising direction for the socio-economic development of the region. Based on the results of the sociological survey, the authors concluded that the majority of respondents do not have a desire to engage in entrepreneurship, only a quarter of the respondents have ever wanted to start their own business. There are more men than women among those who have ever wanted to have their own business. The desire to do business more often arises among the young generation, and more often among men. In the course of the survey, it was revealed that, in general, the modern entrepreneur is assessed by the respondents rather positively. The respondents noted that a modern businessman is able to take risks, make decisions and be responsible for them. The analysis of motives and readiness for entrepreneurial activity contributes to the identification of existing barriers, and will become an effective mechanism for the formation of a business community. Consideration of regional differences in the degree of readiness for entrepreneurial activity allows us to make a forecast of business development in a given territory. The results of such studies contribute to the development of measures to improve the perception of the business environment.