Regional Development of Small Firms in Poland

Ghatak, Subrata; Mulhern, Alan; Stewart, Chris

doi:10.1007/s10644-005-1913-7

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“…There has been growing polarization of the Polish economic space since the start of the Transitional Program in 1989 with some regions growing much faster than others (Ghatak et al., 2004). However the pattern of inter‐regional 1 migration within Poland throughout the same period only faintly reflects this polarization 2 .…”

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Inter‐Regional Migration in Transition Economies: The Case of Poland

Ghatak

Mulhern

Watson

2008

Review Development Economics

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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 in order to analyse the determinants of migration in different regions of Poland. We apply the Seemingly Unrelated Regression Equation [SURE] model to investigate the data. Our results show that GDP per capita, unemployment and distance have a strong effect on regional migration in this country. Human capital is also an important explanatory factor as is the provision of key publicly provided facilities such as roads. The lack of housing in Poland is important in explaining the low levels of internal migration. JEL Classification: F 22, O15, J61.

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Inter‐Regional Migration in Transition Economies: The Case of Poland

Ghatak

Mulhern

Watson

2008

Review Development Economics

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The Determinants of Small Firm Growth in the Greek Manufacturing Sector

Voulgaris

Asteriou²,

Agiomirgianakis³

2003

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The aim of this paper is twofold; first, to identify the variables that mostly affect rapid sales growth in Greek manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); second, to examine the potential influence upon business growth and performance outcomes of those variables representing enterprise and financial management characteristics of the Greek SMEs. The study utilizes panel data of a random sample of 143 firms from the manufacturing SMEs sector in Greece. Regression analysis is used to determine the explanatory factors of rapid sales growth. This paper is firstly addressing the Greek case and our results are in line with the findings of other empirical studies in the European Union (EU), thus, supporting the convergence hypothesis among member states in EU. Indeed, factors found to influence significantly manufacturing SMEs growth in Greece are profitability, liquidity, reliance on long-term debt, employee productivity, fixed

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Regional Development of Small Firms in Poland

Cited by 2 publications

References 18 publications

Inter‐Regional Migration in Transition Economies: The Case of Poland

Inter‐Regional Migration in Transition Economies: The Case of Poland

The Determinants of Small Firm Growth in the Greek Manufacturing Sector

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