Strategic analysis methods and their influence on stability and development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Czech Republic

Abstract Strategic analysis of business environment influences the growing efficiency, stability, and sustainability of enterprises. The entry is aimed at analyzing internal and external strategic methods between profit-making and non-profit-making enterprises from the perspective of their sector differentiation and size categorization focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises. The entry highlights the managers’ knowledge of the individual methods and their usability in business practice. The research was conducted based on a sample of 456 enterprises from the entire Czech Republic using a Student’s T-test of the differences of two percentages and the Fisher’s exact test. The conclusion of the entry is dedicated to the results of the tests, as well as new trends that are used in the area of strategic analysis and which have been indicated as a part of the set of tested enterprises.