The importance of family business in Czech republic municipalities

The paper deals with primary research in the field of perception of family entrepreneurship in municipalities up to 2,000 inhabitants in the Czech Republic. A questionnaire survey was conducted in 2017 as a part of a project solved at the Faculty of Economics of the Technical university of Liberec. The field of research included a general view on the definition of the term family entrepreneurship, on perception of its importance and possibilities of its support. Last but not least, information was obtained concerning the field of family entrepreneurship in the given municipalities, i.e. whether there were any family businesses operating in the municipality, cooperating with a local government, supporting the development of a municipality or otherwise participating in life in a municipality. The results of the questionnaire survey show, among other things, that the vast majority of respondents perceive that family members have a decisive influence in the management of a family business. Slightly over half the majority of respondents described family entrepreneurship as an important factor for community development and three fifths respondents do not consider it necessary to prefer family businesses against the non-family ones. Most respondents perceive family entrepreneurship as a factor that helps community life, and sees the potential to keep young people in the rural areas. It is possible to confirm the connection of family businesses with the life in the village