Outsourcing domestic chores as an opportunity for development of business activities in the regions of Slovakia

The article deals with outsourcing certain types of domestic chores in Slovakia. Slovak people usually devote lots of time performing various tasks at home. In modern service economy, enterprises offer services which could replace some of them. The process of replacing housework by paid services is denoted as outsourcing domestic chores. From the business perspective, outsourcing domestic chores may represent business opportunities, especially for small and medium enterprises. Outsourcing certain domestic chores in Slovakia could be partially explained by household resource argument and also by demand capability argument. Since regional differences in Slovakia persist mainly in terms of unemployment and income, the best opportunities for enterprises offering a performance of certain domestic tasks are in regions with higher consumer purchasing power, mainly in Bratislava region.