Özet:

SMEs are important initiatives that are flexible for the economic development and sustainable growth of the countries, adapting to all conditions, returning quickly to the differences, the customer effectively, contributing to employment and improving the financial structure of the country. The main pillars of the business world, entrepreneurs who are seen as an element of dynamism, continue their development with the states exhibiting remedial attitudes with sociological and economic measures. The aim of this study is to identify the entrepreneurship and innovation characteristics of SMEs in Erzurum. For this purpose, the suitability of the personalities of entrepreneurial individuals to entrepreneurship, the types of entrepreneurs, the entrepreneurial abilities and the general structure of entrepreneurship have been determined. In addition, the approach of the SMEs in the province of Erzurum to the innovation, its suitability, the awareness of the innovative activity has been tried to be determined. The most important result in the study, is the difficulties experienced in finding financial resources for entrepreneurs.

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