As trust undeniably is a crucial factor of economic development, it seems to be veryimportant to find out where there exists a reasonable stock of trust and where not,as well as how the emergence of trust could be fostered, how its existence can bemaintained and how threats to trustful relations...

Although entrepreneurial trust among owners of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is integral to regional economic development, conditions (such as political corruption and unstable markets) in post-socialist economies do not foster the creation of trust.An empirical study was conducted...