Aleknavičiūtė, Giedrė

This paper aims to present the evaluation of the influence of governmental social capital on entrepreneurship and to create an econometric model of the impact of governmental social capital on entrepreneurship in the Baltic States. The first part of this work introduces the theory of social capital. The interaction between governmental social capital and entrepreneurship is presented in the second part of this essay. The third part of the paper introduces the evaluation methodology of the influence of governmental social capital on entrepreneurship. The last part of this work presents the results of the qualitative and quantitative researches. Based on the results an evaluation model of the influence of governmental social capital on entrepreneurship in the Baltic States was created.

This paper aims to present the evaluation of intellectual capital influence on entrepreneurship and how this influence is evaluated by different type of people. First part of this paper represents the conception of entrepreneurship in modern economy and explains definitions of entrepreneurship and entrepreneur. After that this paper tries to introduce the conceptual framework of intellectual capital and its impact on entrepreneurship. Third part of essay presents the estimation methodology of intellectual capital and its components (human, structural and relational capitals) influence on entrepreneurship formation. Fourth part of this work analysis the results of the survey which was made by using questionnaire. To conclude, we restated our opinion about this item and considered for further researches.

This paper aims to present how social capital can benefit business processes of an enterprise, which uses its social networks for business purposes, and which of those benefits are the most important in this context. The first part of this article represents the theory of social capital. The main conceptual approaches to social capital were investigated. According to this, the conception of social capital and its dimensions were introduced. The second part of this paper seeks to evaluate the benefits of social capital to enterprise’s business activities by mentioning not only benefits, which create social capital but also risks, which can occur if social capital is used improperly. The last part of this essay introduced the model of social capital’s benefits to enterprise’s business processes and evaluated, which of them are the most relevant.

This paper is designed in order to analyze one of the main economical policy problem - how to stimulate the development of small and medium-sized business. Economists look for one of the most effective business development methods and try to create various economic models in order to realize them. As a result, there are some important assumptions for the development of small and medium-sized business such as: the system of small and medium-sized companies financing and support is created, still works and, luckily, is expanding; the physical business infrastructure in all European Union is widely spread. Despite the fact that scientists and governmental institutions try to seek the best way of small and medium-sized companies financing, the main problem arises - there are many negative aspects that hinder from the development of these companies. That is why the aim of this paper is to analyze the financing system of small and medium-sized companies in the European Union. This objective is realized by studying scientific literature and analyzing law documents.