BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA.

Small and medium enterprises are spiritusmovens for development of modern market economies. Especially their role is highlighted in decreasing unemployment, creating GDP, added value and export. Having in mind the previous statement, researching focus of this paper is directed towards analysis of business environment for development of small and medium enterprises in R.Macedonia. Unfortunately, small and medium enterprises in our country are faced with numerous barriers, and it was the basic motive to implement researching project through which the key barriers for their development would be identified. Based on the obtained results of the research , some conclusions will be presented, and also numerous measures and proposals that will enable creation of business environment for encouraging development of small and medium enterprises in R.Macedonia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]