Essential Characteristics Of Romanian Entrepreneurs

It is the entrepreneurs who stand for the engine of any market economy, being the main creators of economic substance and big promoters of change. Due to the latter’s major contribution to the economic and social development, knowing the main characteristics of our country’s entrepreneurs seems to have a special significance. The paper presents the results of a research conducted March-April 2011 on a sample of 1723 Romanian entrepreneurs and offers an image on the portrait of the Romanian entrepreneur. Although the sample under investigation is representative for Romania – 1723 entrepreneurs, from the eight development regions, of all SMEs categories etc. – we hereby mention that the elements coming out of the present investigation should not be generalized, but deemed as indicative.