Przedsiębiorcy i przedsiębiorczość a recesja transformacyjna w Polsce po 1989 roku
Entrepreneurs andn entrepreneurship and the transformational recessionin Poland after 1989

Summary/Abstract: Purpose – The “ explosion” of entrepreneurship observed in Poland after 1989 andcontinuingthroughout the years withvaried intensity is a globalphenomenon.Mostimportantly, the entrepreneurship freed theaccumulatedresources of human energy thathadbeendormant in the years of thePeople’s Republic.Research method – For thestudypresented herein themethod of analysis of availablestatisticaldatadatingback to the years 1989-1992,and of sourcematerials in theform of memories of entrepreneursoperating in thatperiod w as applied. Results – Theobjective of research as such provesthat, even though theeconomicallyactive entitiesdidnot fall within theframe of theconcept of “ entrepreneurs”proposedby Joseph Schumpeter,they were the one who initiated thedynamicchanges in thePolisheconomy after1989, often referredto as the “creativedestruction”. Considering theabove, thedevelopment of theresources of entrepreneurship observed at thosetimes tookplaceduring thetransformationalrecession thatoccurred in 1990-1991.In its classicalform, theSchumpeterianphenomenonof usingrecession as a springboard to businesssuccessbyactiveindividuals wasobserved.Originality / value / implications / recommendations – In the literature on the subject, there is a lively and inspiring discussion about the transformational recession and its social consequences. Less frequently, scientists point to the link between the explosion of entrepreneurship after 1989 and the transformational recession. The article deals with this research problem from the microeconomic perspective. It reveals the efforts of entrepreneurs to build their own businesses and indicates their contribution to alleviating the social consequences of the transformational recession.

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