Managerial Audit as a Tool for Sustainable Development of Small and Medium Enterprises: Project Introduction

The intention of the paper is to introduce the research project No. 2E06044 of the National Research Programme II of the Czech Ministry of Education: "Managerial Audit as a Tool for Sustainable Development of Small and Medium Enterprises". Work on the project has started in July 2006 and will continue troughout 2007 and 2008. The project targets cooperation among research and educational institutions and the business sphere. The metholodology of assessing (managerial audit) and empowering (coaching) small- and medium-sized enterprises has been developed in order to provide recent approaches to assist further growth of those businesses. The project also provides numerous opportunities for young scholars to participate in the research agenda.