MOTIVATION OF THE SMALL-SIZE BUSINESS SEC TOR IN THE LIGHT OF EMPIRICAL-RESEARCH

The paper shows the actual situation of the small-size business sector in the Slovak Republic, as seen from the view-point of the results of an empirical research. Small and middle-size businessmen are facing n ot only the problems symptomatic to the very entrepreneurial form of t he market economy but also the problems specific to the transition eco nomy. To form an active political conception of support of the small a nd middle-size business activities it is, therefore, necessary to list en to the voice of the domestic small-size business sector to know its own reflection of the situation, their problems and needs. Theoretica l appreciation of the attitudes of small and middle-size entrepreneurs towards the actual economic problems facing the small-scale enterpris e sector, their motives and entrepreneurial barriers and their expecta tions concerning the support rendered by public institutions are the e ssence of the article presented.