Composition and structure of forms of entrepreneurial activities (commercial activities) and land managed by groups of commercial farms of different size in the regions of Latvia
2006
Jurgena, I.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics. Dept. of Business Administration and Management) | Radzele, A.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics. Dept. of Business Administration and Management) | Jance, L.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics. Dept. of Business Administration and Management) | Spogis, K.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics. Dept. of Business Administration and Management)
The commercial activities in the countryside of Latvia are performed in agricultural enterprises and business companies of different size, the legal forms of which vary within a wide spectrum. Unfortunately no published information on the changes of situation in small, medium and large farms is available. The aim of the research was to study the composition and structure of the entrepreneurial forms in the new situation and by groups of agricultural enterprises and companies of different size. The article focuses on the exposition of the research results for the forms of entrepreneurial or commercial enterprises in four largest groups of commercial farms which each manage more than 50 hectares of the agricultural land. The results obtained show that some large and largest farms operate in the form of holding companies, while the form of co-operative companies is also used, still the dominant entrepreneurial forms are farms and limited liability companies. The form of an individual merchant is widely used as well. The composition of entrepreneurial forms is very different in small (50-99 hectares), medium (100-499 hectares) and large (500 hectares) farms, as well as by the regions of Latvia. The land areas managed by the entrepreneurial forms of different size are diverse: 70-85% of land is managed by small farms (50-99 hectares), while 60-100% of land is managed by capital companies.
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