Podnikatelské soutěže a jejich význam

This contribution deals with the topic of business competitions and their importance for many subjects belonging to the business environment. The contribution was created on the basis of a systematic analysis of available foreign sources, focusing on the topic of business competitions. Based on this analysis, a theoretical framework was created with all concepts related to this subject matter. The theoretical framework is followed by a deeper analysis of selected articles from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The aim of the contribution is a) to theoretically define entrepreneurial competitions together with other terms that are directly related to the topic, b) to analyze available articles and c) to draw relevant conclusions based on a selected sample of available literature, which will bring new knowledge to the theory. The focus of the article was chosen due to the growing number of business competitions not only in the Czech Republic, but worldwide. The added value of the article consists of a) defining the theoretical basis of the topic of business competitions b) identifying the meaning of business competitions. The biggest limitation of this contribution is the limited amount of available data on entrepreneurship competitions, which is also confirmed by a foreign source