Activities of local authorities in promoting entrepreneurship in Poland
2013
Bienkowska, W., Warsaw Univ. of Life Sciences (Poland)
The article brings closer to the concept and the essence of entrepreneurship in rural areas in Poland. The aim of this study was to present the action taken by the local authorities in promoting entrepreneurship, depending on the level of development of the municipality. The empirical research was done in 2009 and it encompassed 229 rural municipalities in Mazowieckie voivodship. To determine the level of development of local municipalities surveyed, the method used in the development of the standard taxonomic by Z. Hellwig (Hellwig Z., 1968) and the data relating with the activities of local business support came from the research of their own. It was found that the development of entrepreneurship in rural areas was due to the existence of a particular place and time, and adequate resources, both tangible and intangible as well as adequate capital and people with the right knowledge and willingness to bear the risk of contributing to the development of the entire area.
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