Abstract:

The influences that Start Up Nation -ups have on it are overwhelming, which makes it extremely important to determine those factors that stir people's interest in opening a business, but also aspects of the knowledge that people have in this field, their opinion regarding the current conditions in Romania, and last but not least, details about the threats, respectively the opportunities existing within the economic environment. In order to determine the reasons behind the decision to open a business, we conducted a study on the subject, and then all of these answers would be gathered through an online questionnaire. By its very structure, this tool will gather all the data necessary to determine the interest of the analyzed persons in becoming or not entrepreneurs. A survey was applied in Maramures, Bihor and Cluj Napoca County, on a target of 250 respondents. The survey was structured taking in consideration possible barriers in entrepreneurship behavior like: individual characteristics, motivation and reason to open a new business, typology and details regarding the business, risks and in more