Przedsiębiorczość jako czynnik rozwoju regionalnego na przykładzie województwa opolskiego
Entrepreneurship as a factor of regional development on the example of Opolskie Voivodeship

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of the paper is to analyse the impact of entrepreneurship on regional development. The structure of the paper consists of two parts. The first one includes the results of the literature studies on the importance of entrepreneurship in regional development. The major conclusion here is that entrepreneurship might be regarded as a significant factor in regional development. The second part of the paper contains a presentation of empirical studies results that have been aimed to recognize the impact of entrepreneurship on the development of Opolskie Voivodeship. The studies were conducted for the period of 2002- 2012, on a base of data from the Local Data Bank, Central Statistical Office. Pearson correlation coefficient, as well as linear regression models were employed. Both dependent and explanatory variables were defined on the ground of literature studies. The research hypothesis was as follows: the growth of entrepreneurship in Opolskie Voivodeship is accompanied by the increase in regional development. The results of empirical studies allow to conclude that there is no statistically significant relationship between certain measures of entrepreneurship and development of Opolskie Voivodeship.

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