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Risks in the Development of SME’s Business Functioning on the Basis of CSR

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In this paper made reference to ensure a conditions for the possibility of an efficient functioning of the organization. It was considered that it is the implementation of improvement measures adequate to the nature of irregularities. These activities should provide the opportunity to improve, which is conditioned by their correct choice and effective implementation. The study indicates a possibility of application the CSR principles, treated as guidelines for improvement in SME enterprises. The risk assessment was considered as a tool for selecting the appropriate actions, which can be use in a given situation. The work is based on the literature sources analysis, supplemented with practical verification an application of the presented methodology.

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Górny, A. (2019). Risks in the Development of SME’s Business Functioning on the Basis of CSR. In: Bilgin, M., Danis, H., Demir, E., Can, U. (eds) Eurasian Business Perspectives. Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics, vol 11/2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18652-4_13

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