Innovation and Technology-related Conditions of Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Poland

• Autorzy: Anna Skowronek-Mielczarek
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Competitiveness and economic growth is increasingly based on entrepreneurship and innovation, optimisation of economic processes. There are two dimensions of EU policy in this field: international and national. The international dimension involves support for entrepreneurship provided by the Union's structures and programmes, e.g. "The Sixth Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration (2002-2006)", PHARE programmes, aid from structural funds (the one most important for SME is the European Regional Development Fund), and aid granted by the European Investment Bank. The national level is represented by policy solutions for SME, including the institutional system of business environment, and the tools used within it. In Poland, this environment was shaped by programmes like "Entrepreneurship First", "Government Policy Guidelines for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises for the years 2001-2006", "e-Poland - The Action Plan for the Information Society Development in Poland for the years 2001-2006", and the National Development Plan 2001-2006 connected with the necessity to prepare Poland for absorption of structural funds. The changes occurring in this field reflect gradual eradication of administrative, formal and legal barriers, and a friendlier business environment. Nevertheless, many barriers still exist, impeding the development of companies of the SME sector. For years, the most serious ones have been the financial problems connected with starting and running a business, the innovation/information barriers resulting from difficult access to new technologies and information, and barriers concerning internal management procedures, i.e. extensive responsibilities and low specialisation of management staff, recruitment problems, insufficient knowledge, skills and competence. Therefore, continuous efforts of all types of institutions, the business environment, and entrepreneurs themselves, are necessary in order to limit the strength and intensity of those barriers. (author's abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Economy; Innovations; Small business

PL

Gospodarka; Innowacje; Małe i średnie przedsiębiorstwa

• Czasopismo: Studia i Prace Kolegium Zarządzania i Finansów / Szkoła Główna Handlowa
• Rocznik: 2006
• Numer: z. 73
• Strony: 94--104

Twórcy

autor

Anna Skowronek-Mielczarek

• Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

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