Evaluation of voivodeships in scope of entrepreneurship development with the use of selected methods
Evaluation of voivodeships in scope of entrepreneurship development with the use of selected methods

Summary/Abstract: The transformation of the Polish economy, which is still in progress, draws attention to theexisting differences between the voivodeships in the scope of entrepreneurship development. Despitethe comparable initial situation in 1989, after almost 30 years of transformation, it is possible toindicate general development trends across the country, but over time disproportions in the level ofdevelopment in individual voivodeships have become apparent.For this reason, the article attempts to assess voivodships in terms of entrepreneurshipdevelopment using the taxonomic analysis, the TOPSIS method and the principal components analysis.The adopted concept of the article made it possible to verify the hypothesis put in the paper,according to which there is a clear division in Poland into voivodeships with a higher and lower levelof entrepreneurship development.The analysis conducted in the article allowed to identify the leaders of entrepreneurship ona regional level and also showed that there are clear disproportions in the level of entrepreneurshipdevelopment in the eastern and western part of the country.

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