This work highlights and compares some of the more recent studies and information regarding SMEs in Poland and the UK. In particular it focuses on the SME relationship with innovation, which can be a key concept in addressing questions of competitive advantage and increasing economic output....

Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) have a crucial role in the economies of both the developed and developing countries. In the OECD area, the share of SMEs to total employment is between 40 and 80 percent, while their share to GDP is between 30 and 70 percent. Poland, as a country in...

In this paper, we modify the Harris-Todaro model of migration to incorporate the impact of human capital, housing stock and the availability of publicly provided goods like health care and road provision to analyse the determinants of migration in different regions of the transition economy...

The Harris-Todaro model of migration is modified to incorporate the impact of human capital, housing stock and the availability of publicly provided goods like health care and road provision in order to analyse the determinants of migration in different regions of Poland. The Seemingly Unrelated...

In many countries, firms are encouraged to export as a means of contributing to economic growth. The successes of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in industrialized countries has led to the increasing recognition of their role in transition economies - including exports development. The...