In the history of management thought the conceptions of environment have very often changed. In different periods of history and different scientific schools of organization and management scientists has ascribed to the business environment different role and importance. The paper is a kind of...

The paper puts domestic and international conclusions of research results on structuralization of company environment regarding its dimensions or features in order. The author describes the process of identification and structuralization of company external environment regarding occurring...

The article elaborates on the regional business environment of small- and medium-sized enterprises. The aim of the paper is to put national and international classifications of mezoenvironment factors in order. The author quotes classifications of different domestic and worldwide scientists and...

The subject literature distinguishes several factors that determine the establishment, survival , operations and development of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in particular regions. In this article, the author presents a classification of these factors in terms of whether they are...

Small and medium-sized enterprises have large difficulties in gaining funding from external sources for their development. These enterprises are strongly anchored in their regional environment, thus analysis of financial support is especially essential on a regional level. The aim of the paper...

The practice shows that small and medium-sized enterprises have large difficulties in gaining funding from external sources for their development. These enterprises are strongly anchored in their regional environment, thus analysis of financial support is especially essential on a regional...

The paper verifies the existence of relations between development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the particular factors of regional environment as well as demographic parameters of entrepreneurs and their enterprises. SMEs localized in Southern Poland in accordance with NUTS -1...

A good starting point to a discussion on regional factors as determinants for business success can be Tobler’s statement “Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things” (1970, p. 234). It is a paradigm, that some regions have a more...