The Biggest Polish and Ukrainian Enterprises - Globalization or Market Concentration? Comparison to the Biggest World and European Multinational Companies

• Autorzy: Tomasz Bernat
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper objective is to compare the biggest Polish and Ukrainian companies on the light of globalization and concentration. The questions which will be answered on the research is what are the biggest enterprises of both countries, what sector of the economy they are represent and finally what is the main reason of the size of the enterprises. The result will be compared to the biggest companies in the world and Europe. The methodology which will be used in the research is based on revenues as a classical indicator of the company size and type of production/service the company is working in. The results could help answer if the Polish and Ukrainian companies are similar to world and European's one. In the first part of paper the basic theory of globalization and role of multinational companies will be presented. The second part shows data becomes form companies and comparisons. The last chapter is a summary which describes basic conclusions. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Competition; Concentration; Globalization; Company on the international market

PL

Konkurencja; Koncentracja; Globalizacja; Przedsiębiorstwo na rynku międzynarodowym

• Czasopismo: Journal of International Studies
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: 1
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 15--26

Twórcy

autor

Tomasz Bernat

• University of Szczecin, Poland

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.14254/2071-8330.2008/1-1/2