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Wyzwania definicyjne start-upów
Definition of start-up as a challenge for researcher

Author(s): Magdalena Andrejczuk
Subject(s): Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: start-up; definition;entrepreneurship;

Summary/Abstract: In recent years, with the development of entrepreneurship, a new concept has been coined — a start-up (or a startup). Because of the lack one common definition thereof, some questions emerge: Is any newly established company a start-up, or does this term refer only to companies from the branch/market sector of new technologies, or maybe there are other decisive requirements? The significance of this issue follows research and analysis of the entities are undertaken and also in the face of work on Prosta Spółka Akcyjna (a new legalform for economic entities of the discussed kind). The aim of the article is to present various ways of defining start-ups present in the subject literature, but also in various initiatives and activities organized in the start-up community. On this basis, an attempt is made to determine the boundary conditions of the concept of start-up and to characterize it.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 54-66
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish