Risk Management Implementation for Sustainable Development of Romanian SMEs: A Fuzzy Approach

Carmen Ciocoiu, Adina Liliana Prioteasa () and Sofia Elena Colesca
Additional contact information
Adina Liliana Prioteasa: University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Sofia Elena Colesca: University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, 2020, vol. 22, issue 55, 726

Abstract: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are recognized for their major contribution to the economic development of any country. In Romania, SMEs represent 99.7% of all organizations and employ approximately 66% of all nationally registered employees, percentages approximately equal to those recorded in the European Union. However, the productivity of Romanian SMEs is quite low, feeling very strong any influence from the external environment. Risk management is increasingly considered a tool that can contribute to the sustainable development of SMEs. The implementation of a risk management system is a complex process, influenced by many factors. In this context, the objective of the present article is to analyze the determinants of behavior towards the implementation of risk management in Romanian SMEs. The data for the analysis were obtained through a questionnaire addressed to SMEs and processed by a fuzzy model. The results revealed two essential ideas: (1) the determinants of SMEs behavior towards risk management implementation are: stakeholders’ requirements, training in risk management, the existence of a leader for the implementation and attitude towards risk; (2) attitude toward risk is influenced by the business lifespan and awareness of the importance of risk management.

Keywords: small and medium-sized enterprises; integrated risk management; fuzzy approach; attitude towards risk; behavior; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C02 D81 L21 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_2927.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aes:amfeco:v:22:y:2020:i:55:p:726

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal from Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Valentin Dumitru ().