Entrepreneurship and Management in the Age of Digital Neocolonialism: Opportunities and Threats for Poland in the 21st Century Cover Image

Przedsiębiorczość i zarządzanie w wieku neokolonializmu cyfrowego: szanse i zagrożenia dla Polski w XXI w.
Entrepreneurship and Management in the Age of Digital Neocolonialism: Opportunities and Threats for Poland in the 21st Century

Author(s): Dominika Tchórzewska
Subject(s): National Economy, Business Economy / Management, Security and defense, Economic development, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: Digital neocolonialism; new technologies; information society; electronic economy; Internet; Big Data; economic security; Civilization security;

Summary/Abstract: The work deals with a very important and up-to-date problem, namely the development of entrepreneurship and the efficient management while beeing under the influence of digital neo-colonialism. In particular, attention has been paid to reasons of digital neocolonialism, including the Big Data phenomenon, the concentration of world capital in the hands of a few economic entities, the monopolisation of the Internet, the emigration of educated Poles to technological metropolis, etc. An attempt was made to define Poland’s place in the digital race from the point of view of economic security, as well as opportunities and threats of development and directions of desired growth of entrepreneurship in the society of information. Attention was paid to the necessary development conditions, such as the elimination of fiscal barriers, financial outlays for new technology areas, education paths for the participants of the economic life, etc. The analysis presents a catalog of examples of Poland’s problems under threat of digital neocolonialism.

  • Issue Year: 18/2017
  • Issue No: 9.1
  • Page Range: 221-238
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish