Zhodnocení vývoje podnikatelského prostředí České republiky v letech 1993-2018

The main focus of this paper is to describe and evaluate development of the business environment in the Czech Republic between the years 1993 and 2018, and to find out whether conditions for entrepreneurs had gradually improved in this period. The analysis of secondary data has been performed by researching existing papers regarding this topic. Findings from this research were used as a base of my own desk re-search using search methods on websites focused on the topic of business environment. As a result, important legislative measures that had an impact on the transformation of Czech business environment have been chosen. These measures were sorted in four categories - general, tax and insurance, public funding and entrepreneurship regulation, and labor market. Subsequently, the topics served as a base of scenario for in-depth semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs. In the period from 15 to 25 April, a total of 8 interviews with entrepreneurs took place. According to the respondents, the Czech business environment lags behind Western countries and does not fulfill their idea of a good business environment. Respondents perceive a step forward in quality of business environment compared to late 90’s, however gradual improvement within past 20 years is not registered. A future quantitative research is recommended to use conclusions of this research as a base. Its findings could serve as a basis for discussions during the implementation of future legislative measures affecting business environment.