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Regional Development of Small Firms in Poland

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Employing a probit, logit and gompit model this paper demonstrates that small firm development, represented by a group of structural, behavioral and performance variables determine regional location in Poland. The paper uses original data that samples the small firm stratum in two contrasting regions, Pomorskie and Lubelskie. The following variables were shown to be significantly correlated with regional location: legal structure, subcontracting, technological level of the products of the firm, average wage and intention to expand turnover.

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    Subrata Ghatak & Alan Mulhern

  2. London Metropolitan University, 31 Jewry Street, London, UK

    Chris Stewart

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Ghatak, S., Mulhern, A. & Stewart, C. Regional Development of Small Firms in Poland. Econ Change 38, 129–146 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10644-005-1913-7

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