The potential of entrepreneurship in Podkarpackie province – a comparative analysis of the background of selected regions

Authors

  • Jacek Strojny Politechnika Rzeszowska, Wydziału Zarządzania
  • Dawid Karaś Politechnika Rzeszowska, Wydziału Zarządzania
  • Natalia Kopeć Politechnika Rzeszowska, Wydziału Zarządzania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24917/20833296.10.16

Keywords:

benchmark analysis, competitiveness, entrepreneurial potential, entrepreneurship, Podkarpackie province, strategic management

Abstract

In the article, the authors attempt to describe the economic situation of the Podkarpackie provinceregion using the chosen methods of strategic management. The authors also try to define the potential of mentioned region based on the intraregional analysis, which in parallel with other territorial units can give a full picture of its competitive potential. Further, the authors assess the development opportunities by means of benchmark analysis, concentrating on two main regions, such as Mazowsze and Małopolska, which determinate the process of Podkarpackie development.In addition to those two mentioned regions, the assessment also included the Eastern Poland and theregions such as Lubelskie, Świętokrzyskie, Podlaskie and Warmińsko-Mazurskie. The research wasconducted using the explanatory variables, which were chosen by the authors, and they were thebasis of evaluation of entrepreneurial potential. The explanatory variables are well attuned to makea consistent image of reality and in the same time to give the possibility to observe the value changesin the established time span.

Author Biographies

Jacek Strojny, Politechnika Rzeszowska, Wydziału Zarządzania

Jacek Strojny, PhD, Rzeszow University of Technology.He is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics, the Faculty of Managementin the Rzeszow University of Technology, The plenipotentiary of the dean fordevelopment and commercialization. He specializes in the implementation of methodsand techniques in companies and public administration institutions on the strategic andoperational level. The author of several dozen publications related to entrepreneurship,innovations, local and regional development as well as project management. He wasa coordinator of many innovative implementation projects in companies and publicinstitutions. He is the author of strategic documents prepared on the municipality anddistrict level.

Dawid Karaś, Politechnika Rzeszowska, Wydziału Zarządzania

Dawid Karaś, The student of Rzeszów University of Technology at the faculty of management, a specializationin direction management and project management. A graduate of the technicaleconomic secondary school in Jaslo, among the top 10% of students who completedtechnical secondary schools in 2012, and the best students in the first degree. Activistin the scientific circle Ekobiznes and the international student organization AIESEC,an organizer of events at the Rzeszów Technical University including PM DAY. Hisinterests are focused on motivation, project management, entrepreneurship, personaldevelopment and activation of the unemployed.

Natalia Kopeć, Politechnika Rzeszowska, Wydziału Zarządzania

Natalia Kopeć, The second-year-student of management with specialization in project management. Themember of academic circle Ekobiznes and Student Government. Address of organizesevents to promote science and ecology and advancing knowledge in the field of projectmanagement.

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Published

2014-12-19

How to Cite

Strojny, J., Karaś, D., & Kopeć, N. (2014). The potential of entrepreneurship in Podkarpackie province – a comparative analysis of the background of selected regions. Entrepreneurship – Education, 10, 215–228. https://doi.org/10.24917/20833296.10.16

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