SPATIAL DIVERSIFICATION OF THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATOR VALUE IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE ŚLĄSK PROVINCE Cover Image

PRZESTRZENNE ZRÓŻNICOWANIE WARTOŚCI WSKAŹNIKA PRZEDSIĘBIORCZOŚCI WOJEWÓDZTWA ŚLĄSKIEGO
SPATIAL DIVERSIFICATION OF THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATOR VALUE IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE ŚLĄSK PROVINCE

Author(s): Damian Dunajko, Izabela Klepacka-Dunajko
Subject(s): Economy, Geography, Regional studies, Methodology and research technology, Economic development
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: rural areas; entrepreneurship; distance; entrepreneurship indicator; spatial configuration; Śląsk Province;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents results of the research in relations between Śląsk rural communes’ entrepreneurship indicator and their distance to the main provincial economic centers. For the needs were chosen as Śląsk main economic centers are county cities: Będzin, Bielsko-Biała, Bieruń, Cieszyn, Częstochowa, Gliwice, Kłobuck, Lubliniec, Mikołów, Myszków, Pszczyna, Racibórz, Rybnik, Tarnowskie Góry, Wodzisław Śląski, Zawiercie, Żywiec. The entrepreneurship indicator was resented as a number of registered in the REGON system for 10 thousand inhabitants in the production age. The distance between them and rural areas were calculated as shortest road distance. A statistically significant dependency was found between the of entrepreneurship indicator and the distance from the economic centre.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 41/2
  • Page Range: 173-183
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish