The report focuses on the regional system of innovation in małopolskie voivodeship (southern Poland). It presents the results of two empirical stages. The first stage was conducted using computer assisted telephone interviews (CATI) on the sample of 465 enterprises and 51 business support...

In the history of management thought the conceptions of environment have very often changed. In different periods of history and different scientific schools of organization and management scientists has ascribed to the business environment different role and importance. The paper is a kind of...

The aim of the article is the presentation as well as the analysis of the most important directions of the European Union activities in favour of entrepreneurship, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The historical outline of SMEs’ community policy shaping was introduced....

The paper puts domestic and international conclusions of research results on structuralization of company environment regarding its dimensions or features in order. The author describes the process of identification and structuralization of company external environment regarding occurring...

The article elaborates on the regional business environment of small- and medium-sized enterprises. The aim of the paper is to put national and international classifications of mezoenvironment factors in order. The author quotes classifications of different domestic and worldwide scientists and...

The subject literature distinguishes several factors that determine the establishment, survival , operations and development of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in particular regions. In this article, the author presents a classification of these factors in terms of whether they are...

The article presents a typology of the principle of action and evolutionary algorithms as a technique widely used for searching and optimization based on the principles inherited from the Darwinian theory of evolution and natural genetics. Evolutionary algorithms are a technique that is...

Small and medium-sized enterprises have large difficulties in gaining funding from external sources for their development. These enterprises are strongly anchored in their regional environment, thus analysis of financial support is especially essential on a regional level. The aim of the paper...

The practice shows that small and medium-sized enterprises have large difficulties in gaining funding from external sources for their development. These enterprises are strongly anchored in their regional environment, thus analysis of financial support is especially essential on a regional...

IN this article, the author elaborates on the co-operation between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and research and development laboratories in the Małopolska region. He presents the role of technology transfer based on the experience of the 'Kraków Technology Park' Special Economic...