The importance of new firm creation in the post-Communist economies of East Central Europe (ECE) has been subject to … extensive research. This paper focuses on an area of entrepreneurship which has received relatively little attention in the …-based entrepreneurship (KBE), or new firm creation in industries considered to be science-based or to use research and development (R …

Following the broad overview of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE), or new firm creation in industries … above average. The software industry is a young and dynamically growing one everywhere, and Poland is no exception …. Companies in the industry tend to be young and very small. In Poland, they are very focused on the domestic market and play the …

is a key factor which, according to managers of companies from the SME sector, will determine who will succeed. The … been carried out based on the results of the survey (CATI) of 400 small businesses operating in Poland. The results …

This study surveys the current state of affairs in Poland with regard to the development of knowledge …-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE), or new firm creation in industries considered to be science-based or to use research and development (R …&D) intensively. We place KIE in Poland in the larger institutional context, outlining the key features of the country's National …