SMEs make a major contribution to the growth and employment in the EU. In today’s fiercecompetition in the market economic activities the SMEs had gradually developed into a major forcefor national economic and social development in every country of world. The aim of this article isto examine the approach to innovativeness and competitive aggressiveness between males andfemales in the segment of small and medium-sized enterprises. Based on the results of thequestionnaire which was conducted in May 2015 in the Czech Republic we tried to test fourhypotheses on the relationship between the gender of entrepreneurs of SMEs and their attitude toinnovativeness and competitive aggressiveness. The results of our research have pointed out somedifferences between genders. Men-entrepreneurs who do business in the segment of SMEs in theCzech Republic are slightly more innovative and are significantly more aggressive in regard tocompetitors than women, as they apply aggressive approach and their companies are perceived asaggressive.
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