Abstract
The main objective of this paper is to assess the reliability of selected measures of success/performance of small enterprises taking into account all the advantages and disadvantages of objective (traditional, financial) and subjective (personal perception) indicators. The realization of the basic objective will enable removal of doubt in different categories of success / performance of small businesses, which would be a secondary objective of the paper. The research methodology involves the use parametric procedures due to the characteristics of the selected variables and the number of observations in the sample. Univariate ANOVA and Pearson's coefficient correlation will be the main methods used. The basis of this study consists of data gathered from e-survey of 260 entrepreneurs/ owners/ managers of small enterprises in administrative sub-region of the Republic of Serbia. The analysis results show the correlation between subjective estimate of success of owners/ entrepreneurs/ managers and objective performance indicators, which can be characterized as complementary, meaning that subjective assessment as well as formally stated performance indicators are realistic. In addition, it is important to emphasize as an important result within the group of objective performance indicators, the differences between two groups, financial and non-financial, performance indicators. Mere uspeha/učinka malih preduzeća-značaj, pouzdanost i upotrebljivost Apstrakt: Osnovni cilj ovog rada je da se proceni pouzdanost odabranih mera uspeha/učinka malih preduzeća, uzimajući u obzir sve prednosti i nedostatke objektivnih (tradicionalnih, finansijske) i subjektivnih (lična percepcija) indikatora. Realizacija osnovnog cilja će doprineti uklanjanju sumnje u različite kategorije uspeha/učinka malih preduzeća, što će predstavljati sekundarni cilj ovog rada. Metodologija istraživanja podrazumeva korišćenje parametarske procedure zbog karakteristika odabranih varijabli i broja opservacija u uzorku. Univariate ANOVA i Pearsonov koeficijent korelacije će biti osnovne metode ovog rada. Osnova ovog rada sastoji se od podataka prikupljenih iz elektronskog upitnika 260 preduzetnika/vlasnika/menadžera malog biznisa u pod regionu Republike Srbije. Rezultati analize u ovom radu ukazuju na vezu subjektivnih procena uspešnosti vlasnika/preduzetnika/menadžera i pokazatelja objektivnog učinka, koji se mogu okarakterisati kao komplementarni, što znači da je subjektivna procena, kao i navedeni formalni pokazatelji poslovanja predstavljaju realno stanje. Pored toga, važno je istaći, kao važan rezultat koji se primećuje u okviru grupe objektivnih indikatora učinka a to je postojanje razlike i razgraničavanje dve grupe, finansijskih i nefinansijskih, indikatora učinka.
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Lekovic, B., & Maric, S. (2015). Measures of small business success/performance: Importance, reliability and usability. Industrija, 43(2), 7–26. https://doi.org/10.5937/industrija43-7209
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