New impulse for European economy? Comparison of entrepreneurship in Turkey and Poland

• Authors: Przemysław Zbierowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper analyses entrepreneurial attitudes, activity and aspirations in Turkey and Poland on the background of other European countries. The research is based on Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project and uses independent sample t-test as a main analytical tool. The main conclusion is that Polish and Turkish entrepreneurial profiles are similar in some respects and different in other. Turkey has higher level of opportunity recognition, entrepreneurial intentions, Poland has high fear of failure and both countries have similar level of entrepreneurial activity. In both countries there is a considerable gender gap, businesses are innovative, in Turkey more entrepreneurs declare high growth expectations.

Keywords

EN

Entrepreneurship; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Start-ups

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach
• Journal: Journal of Economics and Management
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 20A
• Pages: 73-85

Contributors

author

Przemysław Zbierowski

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Identifiers

ISSN

1732-1948